Cradle of the Middle Class: The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History)
Winner of the 1981 Bancroft Prize. 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.