225 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
191 Pages
by
Routledge
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The voluminous records of the Pierce and Poor families weave a story that runs from the late eighteenth century until World War I. The extent and qual-ity of their source materials, and their positions as representative middle-class to upper-middle-class New England families, make these subjects of Yankee Family particularly well suited for analyzing processes of continuity and change. McGovern... Read more
1: Frontier and Family; 2: A Puritan Family Line,; 3: “The Peaceful Parsonage”; 4: The Pierce Children As Adults; 5: Mary W. (Pierce) Poor: The Advent of a Bride; 6: The Young Marrieds; 7: “What a Foe to Love is Business” 1 The New York Years 1849–1863; 8: Back to Brookline: The Sixties and Seventies; 9: The Apples and Tree; 10: The End of Life; 11: Conclusion: Perspectives on Yankee Family
Biography
James McGovern
