Little Commonwealth [electronic resource] : Family Life in Plymouth Colony
Demos, John.
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2000.
The year 2000 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of A Little Commonwealth by Bancroft Prize-winning scholar John Demos. This groundbreaking study examines the family in the context of the colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Basing his work on physical artifacts, wills, estate inventories, and a variety of legal and official enactments, Demos portrays the family as a structure of roles and relationships, emphasizing those of husband and wife, parent and child, and master and servant. The book's most startling insights come from a reconsideration of com
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Foreword to the Second Edition; Foreword to the First Edition; Contents; Introduction: An Historical Survey of Plymouth Colony; Part One the Physical Setting; Chapter One Housing; Chapter Two Furnishings; Chapter Three Clothing; Part Two the Structure of the Household; Chapter Four Membership; Chapter Five Husbands and Wives; Chapter Six Parents and Children; Chapter Seven Masters and Servants; Chapter Eight Wider Kin Connections; Part Three Themes of Individual Development; Chapter Nine Infanacy and Childhood; Chapter Ten Coming of Age
Chapter Eleven Later YearsConclusion: The Family in Comparative Perspective; Appendix Demographic Tables; Index; Footnotes
The year 2000 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of A Little Commonwealth by Bancroft Prize-winning scholar John Demos. This groundbreaking study examines the family in the context of the colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Basing his work on physical artifacts, wills, estate inventories, and a variety of legal and official enactments, Demos portrays the family as a structure of roles and relationships, emphasizing those of husband and wife, parent and child, and master and servant. The book's most startling insights come from a reconsideration of com
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Family.
Families
Family & Marriage
Sociology & Social History
Social Sciences