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Family life in 19th-century America / James M. Volo And Dorothy Denneen Volo.

by Volo, James M., 1947-

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Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2007.

Families -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007018352.html

9780313337925 (alk. paper) :

0313337926 (alk. paper)

Family life through history

xviii, 415 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

The background of 19th-century America -- The family -- Father as a family man -- Father as a success -- Father as worker -- Faith of Thy fathers -- Man of honor and good counsel -- Father protector -- Father and the civil war -- Women as mothers -- Mother as wife -- Mother as homemaker -- Children as family -- Children as learners -- Children as workers -- Independent living -- Domestic servants -- Slaves -- The family and manifest destiny.

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