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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 | 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 | ||
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| + | I found it interesting that the authors compared families of the 17th and 18th centuries of different demographics but also felt it was too generalized. So much of the chapters were dedicated to the Puritan families, that the rest of the colonists and Native Americans got lost within the book. Generalizations aside, what commonalities are the authors using to describe and compare families of slaves, Native Americans, and white colonists of the North and South colonies of the 17th and 18th centuries? Do these descriptions and themes of households hold up for a family of 2009?-Joyce | ||
