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A Little Commonwealth

Family Life in Plymouth Colony

By: John Demos

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A Little Commonwealth

Family Life in Plymouth Colony

By: John Demos

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 the ways in which they dealt with one another. Demos concludes that Puritan "repression" was not as strongly directed against sexuality as against the expression of hostile and aggressive impulses, and he shows how this pattern reflected prevalent modes of family life and child-rearing. The result is an in-depth study of the ordinary life of a colonial community, located in the broader environment of seventeenth-century America. Demos has provided a new foreword and a list of further reading for this second edition, which will offer a new generation of readers access to this classic study.

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238

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Oxford University Press

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ISBN 10

0199725969

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9780199725960

Accountics, Part I

April 1897 to March 1898

By: Gary John Previts

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Accountics, Part I

April 1897 to March 1898

By: Gary John Previts

Originally published in this format and including this Foreword in 1992, this volume contains Accountics: The Office Magazine from April 1987 to March 1898. Accountics contains technical papers reflecting issues of the times, photo portraits and biographical sketches of leaders, rosters of organizations, news items, announcements, correspondence and professional advertisements.

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956

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Routledge

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0429627289

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9780429627286

Kay Francis

A Passionate Life and Career

By: Lynn Kear,John Rossman

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Kay Francis

A Passionate Life and Career

By: Lynn Kear,John Rossman

Kay Francis came of age in the Roaring Twenties and relished the era's hedonistic pursuits. Her career as an actress was launched at the same time, and before her death in 1968, she had appeared on many theater stages, in more than 60 films, on radio, in USO tours, as a model, and on television. The tall, stylish actress had a husky voice and dark beauty that was striking on film. Despite her financial success, relaxed morals, and life as a socialite, the millionaire actress shunned luxuries such as limousines and sprawling estates popular among Hollywood elite. The actress, who insisted she wanted to be forgotten, left behind scrapbooks, boxes of memorabilia and detailed diaries. These rich resources help provide an exhaustive look at the life of one of Hollywood's most intriguing early stars. Francis' biography is the heart of this book, beginning with her family background and her upbringing by a vaudevillian actress mother. The story of her extensive career and never-ending romantic pursuits is peppered with comments from the media and her own diaries, and supplemented with ample photographs. A chronology gives dates of theater openings, film releases, marriages, television and radio appearances, births and deaths. A filmography includes complete cast and credit lists.

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241

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McFarland

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0786454997

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9780786454990

New England and the Maritime Provinces

Connections and Comparisons

By: Stephen J. Hornsby,John G. Reid

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New England and the Maritime Provinces

Connections and Comparisons

By: Stephen J. Hornsby,John G. Reid

A significant addition to the growing field of transnational studies, New England and the Maritime Provinces reveals a relationship that, although sometimes troubled, retains its importance in the current era of globalization.

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424

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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077357266X

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9780773572669

Doggett's New York City Directory

By: John Doggett

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Doggett's New York City Directory

By: John Doggett

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

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470

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385263565

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9783385263567

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A Little Commonwealth

A Little Commonwealth

Accountics, Part I

Accountics, Part I

Kay Francis

Kay Francis

New England and the Maritime Provinces

New England and the Maritime Provinces

Doggett's New York City Directory

Doggett's New York City Directory

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