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.