The American Family in the Colonial Period

The American Family in the Colonial PeriodFirst published in the early 20th century, this book contributed significantly to an understanding of the forces at work in the evolution of family institutions in the United States. The first of a three volume series, the text describes the American family as a product primarily of European folkways, economic transition to modern capitalism, and its distinctive environment a virgin continent. Exhaustive in its use of primary and secondary sources,

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Reprint of the Prentice Hall Press

the immortal Punch has delighted audiences for centuries

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the collection includes marvelous narratives from points as distant from one another as Southern California

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"A veritable treasury of backwoods custom and belief… [ a ] wealth of circumstantial detail and cultural background

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Percy Bysshe Shelley