Cradle of the Middle Class: The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790 1865 - Paperback

by Mary P. Ryan (Author), Ryan Mary P. (Author), Robert Fogel (Editor)

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.