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I have to agree with Ashley W, the obligation to kin has always been voluntary. There are numerous historically significant instances of broken family ties. The voluntary aspect of family has just been accentuated by modern society. Not only b/c of technological advances, but also because of the transition to an individualistic society. Simply stated, people just care more about themselves and less about others (even family) than they did 200 years ago. –Andrew B | I have to agree with Ashley W, the obligation to kin has always been voluntary. There are numerous historically significant instances of broken family ties. The voluntary aspect of family has just been accentuated by modern society. Not only b/c of technological advances, but also because of the transition to an individualistic society. Simply stated, people just care more about themselves and less about others (even family) than they did 200 years ago. –Andrew B | ||
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| + | It is very obvious in the first chapter that Mintz & Kellogg's analysis of the American family in the 17th century was founded under New England Puritanical culture. I wanted to point out that in a 300-level American studies course (America in the 17th Century) I took my sophomore year, Dr. Tracy took a multi-dimensional study of American families by focusing on both New England, and Chesapeake societies. It is interesting to find that family culture was different because it was shaped from their different environments. This argument is very similar to that of Andrew B. in which agriculture in the early Chesapeake colony created less importance on 'community family'. -Joseph Cirenza | ||
