Four generations : population, land, and family in colonial Andover, Massachusetts /

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A groundbreaking study in colonial history, this book gives a remarkably detailed picture of life in an early American community. It focuses on three basic and interrelated subjects largely neglected by historians-population, land, and the family-as they affected the lives of four successive generat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greven, Philip J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1970.
Temas:
Parent and child.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Social psychology.
Public health.
Medical care.
Father and child.
Demography.
Parent-Child Relations
Social Sciences
Epidemiologic Measurements
Population Characteristics
Family
Socioeconomic Factors
Family Relations
Sociology
Psychology, Social
Public Health
Delivery of Health Care
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Environment and Public Health
Psychiatry and Psychology
Father-Child Relations
Family Characteristics
Demography
Parents et enfants.
Sciences sociales.
Familles.
Sociologie.
Psychologie sociale.
Santé publique.
Prestation de soins.
Père et enfant.
Démographie.
social sciences.
sociology.
social psychology.
public health.
demography.
HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775).
Manners and customs.
Andover (Mass.) > Social life and customs.
Massachusetts > Andover.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Map & Graphs
  • Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction: Problems, Sources, and Methods
  • Part I: The First And Second Generations
  • 2. Life and Death in a Wilderness Settlement
  • 3. Land for Families: The Formative Decades
  • 4. Patriarchalism and the Family
  • Part II: The Second And Third Generations
  • 5. The Expanding Population in a Farming Community
  • 6. Control and Autonomy: Families and the Transmission of Land
  • Part III: The Third And Fourth Generations
  • 7. Change and Decline: Population and Families in a Provincial Town
  • 8. Independence and Dependence in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Families
  • Part IV: Conclusion
  • 9. Historical Perspectives on the Family
  • Appendix: General Demographic Data
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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