Cradle of the Middle Class
Ryan
336 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0521274036
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Language: English
Publish: January 12, 2008
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.