ISBN:
9780199725960
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (238 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.85
Keywords:
Family
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The year 2000 marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of A Little Commonwealth by John Demos, the highly regarded study of family life in the colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Basing his work on physical artifacts, wills, estate inventories, and a variety of legal and official enactments, Demos portrays the family as a structure of roles and relationships, emphasizing those of husband and wife, parent and child, and master and servant.
Abstract:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD to the Second Edition -- FOREWORD to the First Edition -- INTRODUCTION: AN HISTORICAL SURVEY OF PLYMOUTH COLONY -- PART ONE: THE PHYSICAL SETTING -- CHAPTER ONE: Housing -- CHAPTER TWO: Furnishings -- CHAPTER THREE: Clothing -- PART TWO: THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSEHOLD -- CHAPTER FOUR: Membership -- CHAPTER FIVE: Husbands and Wives -- CHAPTER SIX: Parents and Children -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Masters and Servants -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Wider Kin Connections -- PART THREE: THEMES OF INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER NINE: Infanacy and Childhood -- CHAPTER TEN: Coming of Age -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: Later Years -- CONCLUSION: THE FAMILY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- APPENDIX: DEMOGRAPHIC TABLES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y -- Illustrations.
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