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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Volo, James M., 1947-
Otros Autores: Volo, Dorothy Denneen, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Colección:Family life through history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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.
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