num_pages: 335
description: Focusing primarily on the middle class, this study delineates the social, intellectual and psychological transformation of the American family from 1780-1865. Examines the emergence of the privatized middle-class family with its sharp division of male and female roles.
language: English
title: Cradle of the Middle Class: The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865
titlecomplete: Cradle of the Middle Class: The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865
genres: History, American History, Read For School
ratings_count: 66
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Bancroft Prize
publisher: Cambridge University Press