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I'm wondering, is the lack of discussion on rural and farming families because of a lack of sources? I feel like there wouldn't be as much on those families as in urban areas because of how differently the societies were ran. Or are Mintz and Kellogg really just infatuated with urban New England families? - Kelly W | I'm wondering, is the lack of discussion on rural and farming families because of a lack of sources? I feel like there wouldn't be as much on those families as in urban areas because of how differently the societies were ran. Or are Mintz and Kellogg really just infatuated with urban New England families? - Kelly W | ||
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| + | I was interested to read that marriages began to focus more on love and compatibility in the early 19th Century. Mintz& Kellogg do acknowledge the large percentage of families that lived on farms, but their generalizations seem not to apply to this majority. Kelly might be right. I doubt that rural women had much access to women's magazines or novels and experienced different transformations post-Revolution.--Amanda | ||
