| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 323 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Family life through history, 1558-6286 |
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Family life through history.
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| Contents |
The role of family -- Folkways -- Family structure -- The role of father -- Patriarch -- Wise and seasonable counsels -- Educator -- Provider -- Protector -- Estate builder -- The role of mother -- Women as wives -- Women as mothers -- Women as housewives -- The role of children -- Children as family -- Children as learners -- Children as workers -- The role of servants and slaves -- Servants -- Race-based slavery |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| SUBJECT |
Čubrilović Familie : 19. Jh.- gnd |
| Subject |
Families -- United States -- History -- 17th century
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Families -- United States -- History -- 18th century
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Families
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| SUBJECT |
North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092461
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| Subject |
North America
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Volo, Dorothy Denneen, 1949-
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| LC no. |
2005026302 |
| ISBN |
0313024650 |
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9780313024658 |
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9780313331992 |
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0313331995 |
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1282406000 |
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9781282406001 |
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9786612406003 |
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6612406003 |
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