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Little Commonwealth
John Putnam Demos
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Description for Little Commonwealth
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 211.
The year 2000 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of A Little Commonwealth by Bancroft Prize-winning scholar John Demos. This groundbreaking study examines the family in the context of the colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Basing his work on physical artifacts, wills, estate inventories, and a variety of legal and official enactments, Demos portrays the family as a structure of roles and relationships, emphasizing those of husband and wife, parent and child, and master and servant. The book's most startling insights come from a reconsideration of commonly-held views of American Puritans and of ... Read more
The year 2000 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of A Little Commonwealth by Bancroft Prize-winning scholar John Demos. This groundbreaking study examines the family in the context of the colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Basing his work on physical artifacts, wills, estate inventories, and a variety of legal and official enactments, Demos portrays the family as a structure of roles and relationships, emphasizing those of husband and wife, parent and child, and master and servant. The book's most startling insights come from a reconsideration of commonly-held views of American Puritans and of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195128901
SKU
V9780195128901
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99-32
About John Putnam Demos
John Demos is Samuel Knight Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of Entertaining Satan, winner of the Bancroft Prize, and The Unredeemed Capture
Reviews for Little Commonwealth
"[A Little Commonwealth makes] our forebears come alive, not as cute, little democratic wind-up toys useful for indoctrinating children and Fourth of July speeches, but as irascible, intolerant, undemocratic, but real and fascinating human beings."
Commonweal "Demos writes with great charm, his easy, relaxed style having much muscle underneath."
National Review "One of the finest pieces of local history that I have ... Read more
Commonweal "Demos writes with great charm, his easy, relaxed style having much muscle underneath."
National Review "One of the finest pieces of local history that I have ... Read more