The Social Origins of Private Life: A History of American Families 1600-1900 by Stephanie Coontz

The Haymarket Series

The Social Origins of Private Life: A History of American Families 1600-1900

Stephanie Coontz

365 pages • 1988

3 editions

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A highly original account of the evolution of the family unit Current debates about the future of the family are often based on serious misconceptions about its past. Arguing that there is no biologically mandated or universally functional family ...

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