Ye heart of a man : the domestic life of men in colonial New England /
This book is the first to investigate the everyday lives of men in prerevolutionary America. It looks at men and women in colonial Massachusetts and Connecticut, comparing their experiences in order to understand the domestic environment in which they spent most of their time. Lisa Wilson tells wond...
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| Định dạng: | Licensed eBooks |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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New Haven, Conn. :
Yale University Press,
[1999]
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=53206 |
Mục lục:
- Introduction
- To be of use
- A "business for life"
- "It will not injure you" : men and courtship
- Usefulness
- A husband "well-ordered"
- Provider
- "Ye heart of a father"
- The specter of uselessness
- Widower
- "Like an armed man" : retirement and manhood
- Conclusion.