As Various as Their Lands: the Everyday Lives of Eighteenth-century Americans(p)University of Arkansas Press, 1994 - 305 páginas |
Conteúdo
THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY | 15 |
BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE | 49 |
HUMAN DYNAMICS | 71 |
THE INVENTION OF CHILDHOOD | 104 |
THE WORKADAY WORLD | 137 |
MAKING LAND AND REAPING THE REWARDS | 139 |
TINKER TAILORMERCHANT CHIEF | 175 |
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN | 211 |
COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD | 213 |
COMMUNITY NETWORKS | 236 |
EPILOGUE | 279 |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | 281 |
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As Various as Their Land: The Everyday Lives of Eighteenth Century Americans Stephanie Grauman Wolf Prévia não disponível - 1994 |
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