Family Life in 19th-Century America (Family Life Through History)

by James M Volo and Dorothy Denneen Volo

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Nineteenth century families had to deal with enormous changes in almost all of life's categories. The first generation of nineteenth century Americans was generally anxious to remove the Anglo from their Anglo-Americanism. The generation that grew up in Jacksonian America matured during a period of nationalism, egalitarianism, and widespread reformism. Finally, the generation of the pre-war decades was innately diverse in terms of their ethnic backgrounds, employment, social class, education, language, customs, and religion. Americans were acutely aware of the need to create a stable and cohesive society firmly founded on the family and traditional family values. Yet the...

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  • ISBN10 0313081123
  • ISBN13 9780313081125
  • Publish Date 30 August 2007
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Greenwood Press
  • Format eBook
  • Language English