Four Generations: Population, Land, and Family in Colonial Andover, Massachusetts

by Philip J. Greven, Jr. and Philip J. Greven

Book Overview

A groundbreaking study in colonial history, this book gives a remarkably detailed picture of life in an early American community. It focuses on three basic and interrelated subjects largely neglected by historians--population, land, and the family--as they affected the lives of four successive generations. Applying demographic methods to historical research, Professor Greven presents new and unexpected evidence about the most basic aspects of family...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801491347
• ISBN13: 9780801491344
• Release Date: October 1972
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher