Ye heart of a man : the domestic life of men in colonial New England /

This book is the first to investigate the everyday lives of men in prerevolutionary America. It looks at men and women in colonial Massachusetts and Connecticut, comparing their experiences in order to understand the domestic environment in which they spent most of their time. Lisa Wilson tells wond...

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Main Author: Wilson, Lisa, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [1999]
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • To be of use
  • A "business for life"
  • "It will not injure you" : men and courtship
  • Usefulness
  • A husband "well-ordered"
  • Provider
  • "Ye heart of a father"
  • The specter of uselessness
  • Widower
  • "Like an armed man" : retirement and manhood
  • Conclusion.