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Winner of the 1981 Bancroft Prize. Focusing primarily on the middle class, this study delineates the social, intellectual and psychological transformation of the American family from 1780-1865. Examines the emergence of the privatized middle-class family with its sharp division of male and female roles.Ryan, Mary P. is the author of 'Cradle of the Middle Class The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865', published 1983 under ISBN 9780521274036 and ISBN 0521274036.
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