Author : Rachel Cope
Release : 2021-11-18
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 827/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Family Life in England and America, 1690–1820, vol 2 by : Rachel Cope
Download or read book Family Life in England and America, 1690–1820, vol 2 written by Rachel Cope. This book was released on 2021-11-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This four-volume collection of primarily newly transcribed manuscript material brings together sources from both sides of the Atlantic and from a wide variety of regional archives. It is the first collection of its kind, allowing comparisons between the development of the family in England and America during a time of significant change. Volume 2: Making Families This volume provides a comprehensive examination of the process of creating a family, as well as some of the issues surrounding family breakdown. Documents are divided into sections covering courtship, marriage, sex and reproduction, childhood and parenthood. Gender roles are clearly defined in the source material, with documents offering specific advice to men and women. This is Volume II.