Suchergebnisse

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: The 19th Century: An Overview of America -- 1. The Background of 19th-Century America -- Part 2: Family -- 2. The Family -- 3. Father as a Family Man -- 4. Father as a Success -- 5. Father as Worker -- 6. Faith of Thy Fathers -- 7. Man of Honor and Good Counsel -- 8. Father Protector -- 9. Father and the Civil War -- 10. Women as Mothers -- 11. Mother as Wife -- 12. Mother as Homemaker -- 13. Children as Family -- 14. Children as Learners -- 15. Children as Workers -- 16. Independent Living -- 17. Domestic Servants -- 18. Slaves -- 19. The Family and Manifest Destiny -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

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