02947nam 22006134a 450 991078080720332120230829001846.01-282-40600-097866124060030-313-02465-0(CKB)2550000000000173(EBL)491547(OCoLC)62876978(SSID)ssj0000359980(PQKBManifestationID)11275460(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359980(PQKBWorkID)10317293(PQKB)10071530(MiAaPQ)EBC491547(Au-PeEL)EBL491547(CaPaEBR)ebr10349929(CaONFJC)MIL240600(EXLCZ)99255000000000017320050914d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFamily life in 17th- and 18th-century America[electronic resource] /James M. Volo and Dorothy Denneen VoloWestport, CT Greenwood Press20061 online resource (340 p.)Family life through historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-313-33199-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.The role of family -- Folkways -- Family structure -- The role of father -- Patriarch -- Wise and seasonable counsels -- Educator -- Provider -- Protector -- Estate builder -- The role of mother -- Women as wives -- Women as mothers -- Women as housewives -- The role of children -- Children as family -- Children as learners -- Children as workers -- The role of servants and slaves -- Servants -- Race-based slavery.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 liveFamily life through history.FamiliesUnited StatesHistory17th centuryFamiliesUnited StatesHistory18th centuryNorth AmericaHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775FamiliesHistoryFamiliesHistory306.850973/09032Volo James M.1947-1473652Volo Dorothy Denneen1949-1473653MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780807203321Family life in 17th- and 18th-century America3701252UNINA