In the New England Fashion

by Catherine E. Kelly

Book Overview

In the first half of the nineteenth century, rural New England society underwent a radical transformation as the traditional household economy gave way to an encroaching market culture. Drawing on a wide array of diaries, letters, and published writings by women in this society, Catherine E. Kelly describes their attempts to make sense of the changes in their world by elaborating values connected to rural life. In her hands, the narratives reveal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801487862
• ISBN13: 9780801487866
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher