000438294 000__ 04209cam\a2200409\a\4500 000438294 001__ 438294 000438294 005__ 20210513152837.0 000438294 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000438294 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000438294 008__ 120530s2011\\\\nyua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000438294 010__ $$z 2011004603 000438294 019__ $$a794492499$$a817082435$$a819504502$$a821642670$$a992057573 000438294 020__ $$a9780199707447$$q(electronic book) 000438294 020__ $$z9780195371857 000438294 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn793166837 000438294 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555817 000438294 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC911962 000438294 035__ $$a438294 000438294 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$beng$$cCaPaEBR 000438294 05014 $$aBF575.N6$$bM295 2011eb 000438294 08204 $$a155.9/2$$222 000438294 1001_ $$aMatt, Susan J.$$q(Susan Jipson),$$d1967- 000438294 24510 $$aHomesickness$$h[electronic resource] :$$ban American history /$$cSusan J. Matt. 000438294 260__ $$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$cc2011. 000438294 300__ $$a1 online resource (xii, 343 p.) :$$bill. 000438294 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000438294 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- Emotions in early America -- Painful lessons in individualism -- A house divided -- Breaking home ties -- Immigrants and the dream of return -- Transferring loyalties -- Mama's boys, organization men, boomerang kids, and the surprising persistence of the extended family -- Conclusion. Of helicopter parents, facebook, and Wal-Mart : homesickness in contemporary America. 000438294 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000438294 520__ $$a"Homesickness today is dismissed as a sign of immaturity, what children feel at summer camp, but in the nineteenth century it was recognized as a powerful emotion. When gold miners in California heard the tune 'Home, Sweet Home,' they sobbed. When Civil War soldiers became homesick, army doctors sent them home, lest they die. Such images don't fit with our national mythology, which celebrates the restless individualism of colonists, explorers, pioneers, soldiers, and immigrants who supposedly left home and never looked back.Using letters, diaries, memoirs, medical records, and psychological studies, this wide-ranging book uncovers the profound pain felt by Americans on the move from the country's founding until the present day. Susan Matt shows how colonists in Jamestown longed for and often returned to England, African Americans during the Great Migration yearned for their Southern homes, and immigrants nursed memories of Sicily and Guadalajara and, even after years in America, frequently traveled home. These iconic symbols of the undaunted, forward-looking American spirit were often homesick, hesitant, and reluctant voyagers. National ideology and modern psychology obscure this truth, portraying movement as easy, but in fact Americans had to learn how to leave home, learn to be individualists. Even today, in a global society that prizes movement and that condemns homesickness as a childish emotion, colleges counsel young adults and their families on how to manage the transition away from home, suburbanites pine for their old neighborhoods, and companies take seriously the emotional toll borne by relocated executives and road warriors. In the age of helicopter parents and boomerang kids, and the new social networks that sustain connections across the miles, Americans continue to assert the significance of home ties. By highlighting how Americans reacted to moving farther and farther from their roots, Homesickness: An American History revises long-held assumptions about home, mobility, and our national identity"--Provided by publisher. 000438294 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000438294 650_0 $$aNostalgia$$xHistory. 000438294 650_0 $$aHomesickness$$xHistory. 000438294 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aMatt, Susan J. (Susan Jipson), 1967-$$tHomesickness.$$dNew York : Oxford University Press, 2011$$z9780195371857$$w(DLC) 2011004603$$w(OCoLC)701622833 000438294 8520_ $$bacq 000438294 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000438294 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete 000438294 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=911962$$zOnline Access 000438294 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=911962$$zOnline Access 000438294 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:438294$$pGLOBAL_SET 000438294 980__ $$aEBOOK$$aEBOOK 000438294 980__ $$aBIB 000438294 982__ $$aEbook 000438294 983__ $$aOnline