| Ye Heart of a Man: The Domestic Life of Men in Colonial New England Contributor(s): Wilson, Lisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300085508 ISBN-13: 9780300085501 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $43.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: In this unique investigation of the everyday lives of men in colonial Massachusetts and Connecticut, Lisa Wilson brings to life the domestic world of pre-Revolutionary New England. She finds that colonial men spent most of their time in a multigendered home environment and, unlike the self-reliant men of the next century, sought interdependence with family and community. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Social Science | Men's Studies - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 305.310 |
| LCCN: 98037095 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.51" W x 8.23" (0.70 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - New England - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This fascinating book is the first to investigate the everyday lives of men in prerevolutionary America. It looks at men and women in colonial Massachusetts and Connecticut, comparing their experiences in order to understand the domestic environment in which they spent most of their time. Lisa Wilson tells wonderful stories of colonial New England men, addressing the challenges of youth, the responsibilities of adulthood, and the trials of aging. She finds that ideas about patriarchy or nineteenth-century notions of separate spheres for men and women fail to explain the world that these early New England men describe. Patriarchal power, although certainly real enough, was tempered by notions of obligation, duty, and affection. These men created their identities in a multigendered, domestic world. A man was defined by his usefulness in this domestic context; as part of an interdependent family, his goal was service to family and community, not the self-reliant independence of the next century's "self-made" man. |