Family life in 17th- and 18th-century America /
Colonial America comes alive in this depiction of the daily lives of families--mothers, fathers, children, and grandparents. The Volo's examine the role of the family in society and typical family life in 17th- and 18th-century America. Through narrative chapters, aspects of family life are dis...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2006.
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Colección: | Family life through history.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Colonial America comes alive in this depiction of the daily lives of families--mothers, fathers, children, and grandparents. The Volo's examine the role of the family in society and typical family life in 17th- and 18th-century America. Through narrative chapters, aspects of family life are discussed in depth such as maintaining the household, work, entertainment, death and dying, ceremonies and holidays, customs and rites of passage, parenting, education, and widowhood. Readers will gain an in-depth understanding of the world in which these families lived and how that world affected their live. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 323 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0313024650 9780313024658 9780313331992 0313331995 1282406000 9781282406001 9786612406003 6612406003 |
ISSN: | 1558-6286 |