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Siblings : brothers and sisters in American history / C. Dallett Hemphill.
Van Pelt Library HQ759.96 .H46 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hemphill, C. Dallett, 1959-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Siblings--United States--History.
- Siblings.
- Brothers and sisters.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Siblings in a new world
- Comparing colonial childhoods
- Survivors : sibling relations among adults
- Siblings for keeps in early America
- Siblings in a time of revolution
- Finding fraternity : gender and the revolution in sentiment
- Republican brothers and sisters at play
- Shock absorbers : young adult siblings in the new century
- Siblings and democracy in America
- Northern homes in antebellum life and letters
- The reign of sisters begins
- Telling exceptions : slaves, planters, and pioneers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199754052
- 0199754055
- OCLC:
- 681503792
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