Four generations : population, land, and family in colonial Andover, Massachusetts / Philip J. Greven, Jr.

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Greven, Philip J.

Title & Author:

Four generations : population, land, and family in colonial Andover, Massachusetts / Philip J. Greven, Jr.

Publication:

Description:

xvi, 329 pages : illustrations, folded map ; 22 cm

Series:

Cornell paperbacks

Notes:
Cornell paperback.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315).
Introduction: Problems, sources, and methods -- Life and death in a wilderness settlement -- Land for families : the formative decades -- Patriarchalism and the family -- The expanding population in a farming community -- Control and autonomy : families and the transmission of land -- Change and decline : population and families in a provincial town -- Independence and dependence in mid-Eighteenth century families -- Historical perspective on the family.

ISBN:

0801491347 (paperback)
9780801491344 (paperback)

Subject:

Manners and customs.
Sociale geschiedenis.
Andover (Mass.) Social life and customs.
Massachusetts Andover.
Andover, Mass.

Added entries:

Cornell paperbacks.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 52599
Call No.: ID:90-B144
Status: Available

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