Recensie van: 1. Linda Gordon, Heroes of their own life : the politics and history of family violence, Boston, 1880-1960 (New York : Viking Press, 1988): 2. Elaine Tyler Mai, Homeward bound : American families in the Cold War Era (New York : Basic Books, 1988): 3. John D'Emilio en Estelle Freedman, Intimate Matters : a history of sexuality in America (New York : Harper & Row, 1988).