ISBN:
9780199830411
,
019983041X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 316 p.)
,
ill.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hemphill, C. Dallett, 1959- Siblings
DDC:
306.8750973
Keywords:
Brothers and sisters History
;
United States
;
United States
;
Brothers and sisters History
;
Brothers and sisters
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Siblings
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books Electronic books
;
History
Abstract:
Brothers and sisters are so much a part of our lives that we can overlook their importance. Even scholars of the family tend to forget siblings, focusing instead on marriage and parent-child relations. Based on a wealth of family papers, period images, and popular literature, this is the first book devoted to the broad history of sibling relations, spanning the long period of transition from early to modern America. Illuminating the evolution of the modern family system, Siblings shows how brothers and sisters have helped each other in the face of the dramatic political, economic, and cultural
Abstract:
Siblings in a new world -- Comparing colonial childhoods -- Survivors : sibling relations among adults -- Siblings for keeps in early America -- Siblings in a time of revolution -- Finding fraternity : gender and the revolution in sentiment -- Republican brothers and sisters at play -- Shock absorbers : young adult siblings in the new century -- Siblings and democracy in America -- Northern homes in antebellum life and letters -- The reign of sisters begins -- Telling exceptions : slaves, planters, and pioneers.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-316). - Description based on print version record
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