Synopses & Reviews
A collection of secondary sources that examine the history of the United States by connecting the private lives of its people to the public issues that have had a major impact on the nation’s destiny. The text examines much of what we call “history” as the product of conflict or concord (or some combination of the two) between private aspirations, frustrations, and values on the one side, and public issues, events and policies on the other.
About the Author
Dominick Cavallo is Professor of History at Adelphi University. He is the author of A Fiction of the Past: the Sixties in American History, Muscles and Morals: Organized Playgrounds and Urban Reform, 1880-1920, and co-editor of Family Life in America, 1492-2000
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: EARLY AMERICA: FROM BEFORE 1492 TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1. BEFORE 1492: NATIVE AMERICANS OF THE SOUTHWEST
DAVID LA VERE
2. COLUMBUS MEETS POCAHONTAS: EUROPEAN IMAGES OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN
THEDA PERDUE
3. RELIGION, CHILDHOOD, AND SOCIETY IN THE NEW ENGLAND AND MIDDLE COLONIES
STEVEN MINTZ
4. SETTLING SOUTH CAROLINA: FAMILY TIES AND THE QUEST FOR WEALTH IN THE NEW WORLD
LORRI GLOVER
5. FROM AFRICANS TO AFRICAN AMERICANS: SLAVERY, WOMEN, AND THE FAMILY
CAROL BERKIN
6. PATRIOT FATHER, LOYALIST SON: BENJAMIN AND WILLIAM FRANKLIN
SHEILA KEMP
7. SOUTHERN WOMEN AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
MARY BETH NORTON
PART TWO: A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: LIFE, WORK, AND TERRITORIAL EXPANSION IN THE NEW NATION
8. PIONEERS ON THE WESTERN FARMING FRONTIER
JOHN MACK FARAGHER
9. FROM FARM TO FACTORY: THE BEGINNING OF INDUSTRIAL LABOR
BARBARA TUCKER
10. A NEW ECONOMY AND A NEW AMERICAN FAMILY
STEVEN MINTZ AND SUSAN KELLOGG
11. IRISH IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND THEIR MEN IN NEW YORK CITY
CAROL GRONEMAN
12. INDIAN REMOVAL: CHEROKEE WOMEN AND THE TRAIL OF TEARS
THEDA PERDUE
13. AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: THE MALE WORLD OF CALIFORNIA MINING TOWNS
MALCOLM ROHRBOUGH
PART THREE: SOCIAL REFORM, SLAVERY, AND THE CIVIL WAR
14. A RELIGIOUS CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN CAPITALISM: THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY
SPENCER KLAW
15. FREE BLACK WOMEN, THE MOVEMENT TO ABOLISH SLAVERY, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS
SHIRLEY J. YEE
16. SELLING CHILDREN: THE DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE
MARIE JENKINS SCHWARTZ
17. DIVIDED HOUSES: REBEL SONS IN UNION FAMILIES
AMY MURRELL
18. THE CHILDREN’S CIVIL WAR
JAMES MARTEN
19. FREEDOM? AFTER THE CIVIL WAR: BLACK WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING RECONSTRUCTION
NORALEE FRANKEL