Cradle of the Middle Class

The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790 1865
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-521-27403-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 321 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 547 g

Reihe: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ryan, Mary P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.