Cradle of the Middle Class - The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Winner of the 1981 Bancroft Prize. 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. 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ryan Mary P., Mary P. Ryan, Ryan Mary P.
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert Fogel (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.11.1983
• EAN: 9780521274036
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27403-6
• Pagine: 336
• Serie: Interdisciplinary Perspectives; Interdisciplinary Perspectives; Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Sociology: family and relationships