num_pages: 336
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
titlecomplete: Cradle of the Middle Class (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History)
genres: Read For School, American History, History
ratings_count: 66
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Bancroft Prize
publisher: Cambridge University Press