Family Life in England and America, 1690–1820, vol 2

Download or read book Family Life in England and America, 1690–1820, vol 2 written by Rachel Cope and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This four-volume collection of primarily newly transcribed manuscript material brings together sources from both sides of the Atlantic and from a wide variety of regional archives. It is the first collection of its kind, allowing comparisons between the development of the family in England and America during a time of significant change. Volume 2: Making Families This volume provides a comprehensive examination of the process of creating a family, as well as some of the issues surrounding family breakdown. Documents are divided into sections covering courtship, marriage, sex and reproduction, childhood and parenthood. Gender roles are clearly defined in the source material, with documents offering specific advice to men and women. This is Volume II.