Haven in a Heartless World: The Family Besieged

Oneoftheearliestandsharpestculturalcommentatorstoinvestigatethetwentieth-centuryAmericanfamily,ChristopherLascharguesinthisbookthatassocialscience"experts"intrudemoreandmoreintoourlives,thefamily'svitalroleasthemoralandsocialcornerstoneofsocietydisintegratesand,leftunchecked,sodoesourpoliticalandpersonalfreedom.Mr.LaschcombinesananalyticoverviewofthepsychologicalandsociologicalliteratureontheAmericanfamilywithhisowntrenchantanalysisofwheretheproblemlies.