Feminine Economy and Economic Man Reviving the Role of Family in the Post-Industrial Age

"Although I cannot do justice to Ms. Burggraf's argument in this space, she has written an important work on moral economy....What is especially effective about her argument is that ...[she] is able to suggest cultural change without recourse to nostalgia. She understands that a culture is not a system of ideas but a convergence of forces that shape ideas. We have not decided to weaken our family bonds because we have lost something, but because the conditions that those bonds require have changed. Quoting Katha Pollitt, Ms. Burggraf urges that we 'adapt our institutions to the lives people actually live rather than the lives they should live, In so doing, she has written an exemplary work of cultural study.Burggraf, Shirley P. is the author of 'Feminine Economy and Economic Man Reviving the Role of Family in the Post-Industrial Age' with ISBN 9780738200361 and ISBN 0738200360.