Family Life In 19th Century America

Author : James M. Volo,Dorothy Volo
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X030262984

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Family Life in 19th-Century America by James M. Volo,Dorothy Volo Pdf

Nineteenth century families had to deal with enormous changes in almost all of life's categories. The first generation of nineteenth century Americans was generally anxious to remove the Anglo from their Anglo-Americanism. The generation that grew up in Jacksonian America matured during a period of nationalism, egalitarianism, and widespread reformism. Finally, the generation of the pre-war decades was innately diverse in terms of their ethnic backgrounds, employment, social class, education, language, customs, and religion. Americans were acutely aware of the need to create a stable and cohesive society firmly founded on the family and traditional family values. Yet the people of America were among the most mobile and diverse on earth. Geographically, socially, and economically, Americans (and those immigrants who wished to be Americans) were dedicated to change, movement, and progress. This dichotomy between tradition and change may have been the most durable and common of American traits, and it was a difficult quality to circumvent when trying to form a unified national persona. Volumes in the Family Life in America series focus on the day-to-day lives and roles of families throughout history. The roles of all family members are defined and information on daily family life, the role of the family in society, and the ever-changing definition of family are discussed. Discussion of the nuclear family, single parent homes, foster and adoptive families, stepfamilies, and gay and lesbian families are included where appropriate. Topics such as meal planning, homes, entertainment and celebrations, are discussed along with larger social issues that originate in the home like domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, and divorce. Ideal for students and general readers alike, books in this series bring the history of everyday people to life.

Author : James M. Volo,Dorothy Volo
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004906164

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Family Life in 17th- and 18th-Century America by James M. Volo,Dorothy Volo Pdf

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 lives. Also included are sources for further information and a timeline of historic events. Volumes in the Family Life through History series focus on the day-to-day lives and roles of families throughout history. The roles of all family members are defined and information on daily family life, the role of the family in society, and the ever-changing definition of family are discussed. Discussion of the nuclear family, single parent homes, foster and adoptive families, stepfamilies, and gay and lesbian families are included where appropriate. Topics such as meal planning, homes, entertainment and celebrations are discussed along with larger social issues that originate in the home, such as domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, and divorce. Ideal for students and general readers alike, books in this series bring the history of everyday people to life.

Author : Marilyn Coleman Ph.D.,Lawrence H. Ganong,Kelly Warzinik
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313042966

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Family Life in 20th-Century America by Marilyn Coleman Ph.D.,Lawrence H. Ganong,Kelly Warzinik Pdf

No other century promoted such rapid change in American families than the twentieth century did. Through most of the first half of the century families were two-parent plus children units, but by the 1980s and 1990s divorce was common in half of the homes and many families were single-parent or included step-parents, step-siblings and half-siblings. The major changes in opinions and even some laws on race, gender and sexuality during the 1960s and 1970s brought change to families as well. Some families were headed by gay parents, lived in communes or other non-traditional homes, were of mixed race, or had adopted children. Family life had changed dramatically in less than 50 years. The change in the core make-up of what was considered a family ushered in new celebrations and holidays, ways of cooking, eating, and entertainment, and even daily activities. In this detailed look at family life in America, Coleman, Ganong and Warzinick discuss home and work, family ceremonies and celebrations, parenting and children, divorce and single-parent homes, gay and lesbian families, as well as cooking and meals, urban vs. suburban homes, and ethnic and minority families. Reference resources include a timeline, sources for further reading, photographs and an index. Volumes in the Family Life in America series focus on the day-to-day lives and roles of families throughout history. The roles of all family members are defined and information on daily family life, the role of the family in society, and the ever-changing definition of the term family' are discussed. Discussion of the nuclear family, single parent homes, foster and adoptive families, stepfamilies, and gay and lesbian families are included where appropriate. Topics such as meal planning, homes, entertainment and celebrations, are discussed along with larger social issues that originate in the home like domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, and divorce. Ideal for students and general readers alike, books in this series bring the history of everyday people to life.

Author : James M. Volo,Dorothy Volo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313081125

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Family Life in 19th-Century America by James M. Volo,Dorothy Volo Pdf

Nineteenth century families had to deal with enormous changes in almost all of life's categories. The first generation of nineteenth century Americans was generally anxious to remove the Anglo from their Anglo-Americanism. The generation that grew up in Jacksonian America matured during a period of nationalism, egalitarianism, and widespread reformism. Finally, the generation of the pre-war decades was innately diverse in terms of their ethnic backgrounds, employment, social class, education, language, customs, and religion. Americans were acutely aware of the need to create a stable and cohesive society firmly founded on the family and traditional family values. Yet the people of America were among the most mobile and diverse on earth. Geographically, socially, and economically, Americans (and those immigrants who wished to be Americans) were dedicated to change, movement, and progress. This dichotomy between tradition and change may have been the most durable and common of American traits, and it was a difficult quality to circumvent when trying to form a unified national persona. Volumes in the Family Life in America series focus on the day-to-day lives and roles of families throughout history. The roles of all family members are defined and information on daily family life, the role of the family in society, and the ever-changing definition of family are discussed. Discussion of the nuclear family, single parent homes, foster and adoptive families, stepfamilies, and gay and lesbian families are included where appropriate. Topics such as meal planning, homes, entertainment and celebrations, are discussed along with larger social issues that originate in the home like domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, and divorce. Ideal for students and general readers alike, books in this series bring the history of everyday people to life.

Author : James Wallace Milden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Children
ISBN : OCLC:3265369

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The Sacred Sanctuary by James Wallace Milden Pdf

Author : Andrew Popp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317321828

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Entrepreneurial Families by Andrew Popp Pdf

Entrepreneurship is increasingly being recognized as an important facet of economic history. Popp examines the Shaw family business to present a study of entrepreneurism that puts the family centre stage.

Author : Marilyn Coleman,Lawrence H. Ganong,Kelly Warzinik
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313333569

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Family Life in 20th-Century America by Marilyn Coleman,Lawrence H. Ganong,Kelly Warzinik Pdf

Explores home and work, family ceremonies and celebrations, parenting and children, divorce and single-parent homes, gay and lesbian families, as well as cooking and meals, urban vs. suburban homes, and ethnic and minority families in twentieth century America.

Author : Shirley A. Hill
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483341781

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Families by Shirley A. Hill Pdf

This book focuses on the impact of economic systems and social class on the organization of family life. Since the most vital function of the family is the survival of its members, the author give primacy to the economic system in structuring the broad parameters of family life. She explains how the economy shapes the prospects families have for earning a decent living by determining the location, nature, and pay associated with work.

Author : Bert James Loewenberg,Ruth Bogin
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780271038247

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Black Women in Nineteenth-Century American Life by Bert James Loewenberg,Ruth Bogin Pdf

Author : Carl Sferrazza Anthony
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780684864426

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America's First Families by Carl Sferrazza Anthony Pdf

Published to coincide with the bicentennial of the White House, this lavishly illustrated, delightfully accessible book describes the everyday lives of America's "royal families" in the White House, from John and Abigail Adams in 1800 to Bill and Hillary Clinton. Index. 300 photos.

Author : Charles Strickland
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780817312541

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Victorian Domesticity by Charles Strickland Pdf

The subject of Victorian Domesticity is family life in America. The life and works of Louisa May Alcott served as the vehicle for exploring and analyzing this subject. Although Alcott was deeply influenced by popular currents of sentimentality, her own experience exposed her to the confusions and contradictions generated when sentiment confronted the reality of life in 19th-century America. In the first chapter Strickland outlines the ways in which sentimentality colored the perception of 19th-century Americans about such issues as courtship, marriage, the relationship between the sexes, generational relationships, and the relationship between the nuclear family and the community outside the family. Chapters two and three trace Alcott’s childhood and adolescent experiences, exploring the tensions that developed between Louisa and her father, and detailing the ways in which she carried the double burden of being both poor and female as she sought her identity as a writer. The following six chapters treat the varieties of family life that appear in Alcott’s stories, the impact of feminism on her life, and her emphasis on the importance of child nurture. In the final two chapters the author treats the relationships that Alcott perceived between the family and the world around it and assesses the legacy of the Victorian family idea.

Author : Joanne Bailey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780199565191

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Parenting in England 1760-1830 by Joanne Bailey Pdf

The first study of the world of parenting in late Georgian England. Based on extensive and wide-ranging sources from memoirs and correspondence, to fiction, advice guides, and engravings, Bailey uncovers how people, from the poor to the rich, thought about themselves as parents and remembered their own parents.

Author : Wendy Gamber
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 080188571X

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The Boardinghouse in Nineteenth-Century America by Wendy Gamber Pdf

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Author : James M. Volo,Dorothy Volo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313024658

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Family Life in 17th- and 18th-Century America by James M. Volo,Dorothy Volo Pdf

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 lives. Also included are sources for further information and a timeline of historic events. Volumes in the Family Life through History series focus on the day-to-day lives and roles of families throughout history. The roles of all family members are defined and information on daily family life, the role of the family in society, and the ever-changing definition of family are discussed. Discussion of the nuclear family, single parent homes, foster and adoptive families, stepfamilies, and gay and lesbian families are included where appropriate. Topics such as meal planning, homes, entertainment and celebrations are discussed along with larger social issues that originate in the home, such as domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, and divorce. Ideal for students and general readers alike, books in this series bring the history of everyday people to life.

Author : James Marten
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190681401

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The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction by James Marten Pdf

While children are a relatively unchanging fact of life, childhood is a constantly shifting concept. Throughout the millennia, the age at which a child becomes a youth and a youth becomes an adult has varied by gender, class, religion, ethnicity, place, and economic need. As author James Marten explores in this Very Short Introduction, so too have the realities of childhood, each life shaped by factors such as education, expectation, and conflict (or lack thereof). Indeed, ancient Roman children lived very differently than those born of today's Generation Z. Experiences of childhood have been shaped in classrooms and on factory floors, in family homes and orphanages, and on battlefields and in front of television sets. In addressing this diversity, The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction takes a global, expansive view of the features of childhood that have shaped childhood throughout history and continue to shape it now. From the rules of Confucian childrearing in twelfth-century China to the struggles of children living as slaves in the Americas or as cotton mill workers in Industrial Age Britain, Marten takes his inspiration from the idea that the lives of children reveal important and sometimes uncomfortable truths about civilization. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.