Cradle of the Middle Class

The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790–1865

Mary P Ryan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:25th Nov '83

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Focusing primarily on the middle class, this study delineates the social, intellectual and psychological transformation of the American family from 1780-1865. Examines the emergence of the privatized middle-class family with its sharp division of male and female roles.

  • Winner of Bancroft Prize 1981

ISBN: 9780521274036

Dimensions: 230mm x 154mm x 19mm

Weight: 517g

336 pages