Little Commonwealth Family Life in Plymouth Colony

Name: Little Commonwealth Family Life in Plymouth Colony
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ISBN: 9780195128901

ISBN-10: 0195128907

ISBN-13: 9780195128901

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: John Demos

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This text examines the family in the context of the colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Demos portrays the family as a structure of roles and relationships, of man & wife, parent & child & master & servant.

Book details

List price: $21.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/9/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 7.91" wide x 5.31" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

John Demosis Samuel Knight Professor of History at Yale University and the foremost scholar of early American witchcraft. He is the author of Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New Englandand The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America.



Foreword: To the Second Edition


Bibliography: To the Second Edition


Foreword: To the First Edition


Introduction an Historical Survey of Plymouth Colony



The Physical Setting



Housing



Furnishings



Clothing



The Structure of the Household



Membership



Husbands and Wives



Parents and Children



Masters and Servants



Themes of Individual Development



Infancy and Childhood



Coming of Age



Later Years


Conclusion: The Family in Comparative Perspective


Appendix: Demographic Tables


Index