Introduction: An Historical Survey of Plymouth Colony -- pt. 1. The Physical Setting. Ch. 1. Housing. Ch. 2. Furnishings. Ch. 3. Clothing -- pt. 2. The Structure of the Household. Ch. 4. Membership. Ch. 5. Husbands and Wives. Ch. 6. Parents and Children. Ch. 7. Masters and Servants. Ch. 8. Wider Kin Connections -- pt. 3. Themes of Individual Development. Ch. 9. Infanacy and Childhood. Ch. 10. Coming of Age. Ch. 11. Later Years -- Conclusion: The Family in Comparative Perspective -- App. Demographic Tables
Summary
This text examines the family in the context of the colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Demos portrays the family as a structure of roles and relationships of man & wife, parent & child & master & servant
