Peoples of a spacious land
Subtitle: families and cultures in colonial New England
By: Gloria L. Main.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Family -- New England -- History; Indians of North America -- New England -- Social life and customs; Narragansett Indians -- Social life and customs; New England -- Social life and customs; New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Native New England; title: Newcomers; title: Taking the land; title: Sexuality, courtship, and marriage; title: Bearing and losing children; title: Childrearing and the experience of childhood; title: Youth and old age; title: Transitions: the Narragansetts; title: Transitions: the English.