Buch, Englisch, 335 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 630 g
The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865
Buch, Englisch, 335 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 630 g
Reihe: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History
ISBN: 978-0-521-23200-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Focusing primarily on the middle class, this study delineates the social, intellectual and psychological transformation of the American family from 1780-1865. Examines the emergence of the privatized middle-class family with its sharp division of male and female roles.
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Preface; Introduction: locating domesticity; 1. Family, community, and the frontier generation, 1790–1820; 2. Family in transition: the revival cycle, 1813–1838; 3. The era of association: between family and society, 1825–1845; 4. Privacy and the making of the self-made man: family strategies of the middle class at midcentury; 5. A sphere is not a home: woman's larger place in the city at midcentury; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Sources and select bibliography; Index.
