The Resource A History of Stepfamilies in Early America
A History of Stepfamilies in Early America
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The item A History of Stepfamilies in Early America represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item A History of Stepfamilies in Early America represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- Stepfamilies are not a modern phenomenon, but despite this reality, the history of stepfamilies in America has yet to be fully explored. In the first book-length work on the topic, Lisa Wilson examines the stereotypes and actualities of colonial stepfamilies and reveals them to be important factors in early United States domestic history. Remarriage was a necessity in this era, when war and disease took a heavy toll, all too often leading to domestic stress, and cultural views of stepfamilies during this time placed great strain on stepmothers and stepfathers. Both were seen either as unfit substitutes or as potentially unstable influences, and nowhere were these concerns stronger than in white middle-class families, for whom stepparents presented a paradox.Wilson shares the stories of real stepfamilies in early New England, investigating the relationship between prejudice and lived experience, and, in the end, offers a new way of looking at family units throughout history and the cultural stereotypes that still affect stepfamilies today
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Isbn
- 9781469618432
- Label
- A History of Stepfamilies in Early America
- Title
- A History of Stepfamilies in Early America
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Stepfamilies are not a modern phenomenon, but despite this reality, the history of stepfamilies in America has yet to be fully explored. In the first book-length work on the topic, Lisa Wilson examines the stereotypes and actualities of colonial stepfamilies and reveals them to be important factors in early United States domestic history. Remarriage was a necessity in this era, when war and disease took a heavy toll, all too often leading to domestic stress, and cultural views of stepfamilies during this time placed great strain on stepmothers and stepfathers. Both were seen either as unfit substitutes or as potentially unstable influences, and nowhere were these concerns stronger than in white middle-class families, for whom stepparents presented a paradox.Wilson shares the stories of real stepfamilies in early New England, investigating the relationship between prejudice and lived experience, and, in the end, offers a new way of looking at family units throughout history and the cultural stereotypes that still affect stepfamilies today
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
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- hoopla (Digital media service)
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wilson, Lisa
- Dewey number
- 382.1092356
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
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- Stepfamilies
- Families
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A History of Stepfamilies in Early America
- Link
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- MWT11720007
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9781469618432
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Publisher number
- MWT11720007
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 11720007
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Label
- A History of Stepfamilies in Early America
- Link
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- MWT11720007
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
-
- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9781469618432
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Publisher number
- MWT11720007
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 11720007
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
Library Locations
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