Cradle of the middle class : the family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865 /
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| Author / Creator: | Ryan, Mary P. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Eng. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1981. |
| Description: | xiv, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Interdisciplinary perspectives on modern history |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/419169 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction: locating domesticity
- 1. Family, community, and the frontier generation, 1790-1820
- 2. Family in transition: the revival cycle, 1813-1838
- 3. The era of association: between family and society, 1825-1845
- 4. Privacy and the making of the self-made man: family strategies of the middle class at midcentury
- 5. A sphere is not a home: woman's larger place in the city at midcentury
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Notes
- Sources and select bibliography
- Index