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Author Main, Gloria L. (Gloria Lund), 1933-

Title Peoples of a spacious land : families and cultures in colonial New England / Gloria L. Main.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
©2001

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.8509 M224P    Check Shelf
Edition First paperback edition.
Description xi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Originally published: 2001.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Native New England -- Newcomers -- Taking the land -- Sexuality, courtship, and marriage -- Bearing and losing children -- Childrearing and the experience of childhood -- Youth and old age -- Transitions: the Narragansetts -- Transitions: the English.
Subject New England -- Social life and customs.
Narragansett Indians -- Social life and customs.
New England -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- New England -- Social life and customs.
Subject Families -- New England -- History.
Indians of North America -- New England -- Social life and customs.
ISBN 0674016025 paperback
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