Peoples of a Spacious Land

Families and Cultures in Colonial New England

Gloria L. Main

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$36.00 • £31.95 • €32.95

ISBN 9780674016026

Publication Date: 10/25/2004

Short

334 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

2 halftones, 8 line illustrations, 3 tables

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Preface
1. Native New England
2. Newcomers
3. Taking the Land
4. Sexuality, Courtship, and Marriage
5. Bearing and Losing Children
6. Child-rearing and the Experience of Childhood
7. Youth and Old Age
8. Transitions: The Narragansetts
9. Transitions: The English
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Notes
Index

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