A little commonwealth; family life in Plymouth Colony.
The year 2000 marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of A Little Commonwealth by John Demos, the highly regarded study of family life in the colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower . Basing his work on physical artifacts, wills, estate inventories, and a variety of legal and official enactments, Demos portrays the family as a structure of roles and relationships, emphasizing those of husband and wife, parent and child, and master and servant.
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The year 2000 marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of A Little Commonwealth by John Demos, the highly regarded study of family life in the colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower . Basing his work on physical artifacts, wills, estate inventories, and a variety of legal and official enactments, Demos portrays the family as a structure of roles and relationships, emphasizing those of husband and wife, parent and child, and master and servant.
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