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Social History of American Families: 1790 to 1850

By: Bret E. Carroll
In: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Marilyn J. Coleman & Lawrence H. Ganong
Subject:American Studies, Family Studies (general)
Keywords:children; class and families; farming; households; matrifocality; middle class; working class

It was perhaps within their families that Americans most directly experienced the profound social and economic shifts that restructured American life during the late 18th and 19th centuries. Democratization, westward expansion, the onset of industrial production and market ...

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  Carroll, B. (2014). Social history of american families: 1790 to 1850. In M. J. Coleman, & L. H. Ganong (Eds.), The social history of the American family: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 1214-1219). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n486
  
  Carroll, Bret E. "Social History of American Families: 1790 to 1850." In The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, edited by Coleman, Marilyn J., and Lawrence H. Ganong, 1214-19. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n486.
  
  Carroll, B. 2014. Social History of American Families: 1790 to 1850. In: Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong Editors, 2014. The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1214-1219 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n486> [Accessed 15 Jun 2021].
  
  Carroll, Bret E. "Social History of American Families: 1790 to 1850." The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 1214-19. SAGE Knowledge. 15 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n486.
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