American Behavioral History: An Introduction Book

1	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Family and childhood
2	The cute child and modern American parenting	19
3	Abduction stories that changed our lives : from Charley Ross to modern behavior	42
4	"If they have any orders, I am theirs to command" : indulgent middle-class grandparents in American society	58
Pt. II	Emotions and consumer behavior
5	There's no place like home : homesickness and homemaking in America	87
6	Horseless horses : car dealing and the survival of retail bargaining	118
Pt. III	Death and mourning
7	American death	143
8	Laid out in "big mama's kitchen" : African Americans and the personalized theme funeral	155
Pt. IV	Perception of the senses
9	Making scents make sense : white noses, black smells, and desegregation	181
Pt. V	Sexuality
10	Tainted love : the transformation of oral-genital behavior in the United States, 1970-2000	201