| Description |
260 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Puritan Family and Religion: A Critical Reappraisal -- 2. Religious Renewal, Puritan Tribalism, and the Family in Seventeenth-Century Milford, Connecticut -- 3. "Sisters" in Christ: Women and the Church in Seventeenth-Century New England -- 4. The Great Care of Godly Parents: Early Childhood in Puritan New England -- 5. Troubled Youth: Children at Risk in Early Modern England, Colonial America, and Nineteenth-Century America -- 6. "Aged Servants of the Lord": Changes in the Status and Treatment of Elderly Ministers in Colonial America -- 7. Angels' Heads and Weeping Willows: Death in Early America. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index. |
| Subject |
Families -- United States -- Religious life -- History.
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Christian sociology -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Vinovskis, Maris A., 1943-
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| ISBN |
0472103121 alkaline paper |
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