Yankee Family

by James McGovern

Book Overview

The voluminous records of the Pierce and Poor families weave a story that runs from the late eighteenth century until World War I. The extent and qual-ity of their source materials, and their positions as representative middle-class to upper-middle-class New England families, make these subjects of Yankee Family particularly well suited for analyzing processes of continuity and change. McGovern reviews the life-styles of the Pierce and, Poor families...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878556745
• ISBN13: 9780878556748
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"