Cradle of the Middle Class

Cradle of the Middle Class
Author: Mary P. Ryan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1981
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521274036

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.

A Checklist of American Imprints, 1820-1829

A Checklist of American Imprints, 1820-1829
Author: M. Frances Cooper
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 570
Release: 1972
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780810805132

This printers, publishers and booksellers index is modeled after Bristol's Index of Printers, Publishers and Booksellers Indicated by Charles Evans in his American Bibliography. Each entry contains a name and place, with item numbers listed underneath by date. Personal names are listed in the most complete form that could be determined. Corporate names are listed in the form used by the Library of Congress. Newspapers and magazines are entered by their full titles as recorded in Brigham's American Newspapers, 1821-1936 and Union List of Serials. Also included is a geographical index by city and a list of omissions with explanations.