
Cradle of the Middle Class
The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865
Mary P. Ryan(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 25. November 1983
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Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-521-27403-6 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-27403-6 (9780521274036)
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Content
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.