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aMarten adds to the growing body of literature on the history of
family life with this rich collection of original essays and
transcriptions from primary documents. Divided into thematic
subdivisions relating to Europeans and Native Americans, issues of
family and community, and the process of becoming American, the 12
essays contributed mainly by history academics examine children's
lives from the varied cultures found in Colonial North America and
contain copious footnotes and a list of suggested further reading.
Such topics as parenting practices, health, education, gender
roles, and rites of passage are touched on. The small selection of
primary documents (excerpts from letters, diaries, and
autobiographies) add depth to an already well-written and
researched work whose real strength is its juxtaposition of
children's lives across a variety of Colonial cultures.a
--"Library Journal"
"Providing fresh historical perspectives on key features of
children's lives, this book offers compelling, new materials on
childhood in colonial America, and on groups--including Native
Americans and Hispanics--too often left out of conventional
coverage."
--Peter Stearns, George Mason University
"Children in Colonial America is a highly original contribution
to the history of childhood. The collection's unique strength lies
in its great range of regions and peoples represented: from Indian
children of Mexico to young Africans in Jamaica, from Separatist
Pilgrims in the Netherlands and Plymouth to Catholic girls in
Germany, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania. Although ideal for the
classroom, these essays offer much that will be of interest
toseasoned scholars."
--Gloria L. Main, University of Colorado-Boulder
aFew books can be all things to all people, but this one is an
exception.a
--Kenneth J. Blume
aA useful and largely impressive anthology on an under-studied
topic.a
--"PhiloBiblos"
The Pilgrims and Puritans did not arrive on the shores of New
England alone. Nor did African men and women, brought to the
Americas as slaves. Though it would be hard to tell from the
historical record, European colonists and African slaves had
children, as did the indigenous families whom they encountered, and
those children's life experiences enrich and complicate our
understanding of colonial America.
Through essays, primary documents, and contemporary
illustrations, Children in Colonial America examines the unique
aspects of childhood in the American colonies between the late
sixteenth and late eighteenth centuries. The twelve original essays
observe a diverse cross-section of children--from indigenous
peoples of the east coast and Mexico to Dutch-born children of the
Plymouth colony and African-born offspring of slaves in the
Caribbean--and explore themes including parenting and childrearing
practices, children's health and education, sibling relations,
child abuse, mental health, gender, play, and rites of passage.
Taken together, the essays and documents in Children in Colonial
America shed light on the ways in which the process of colonization
shaped childhood, and in turn how the experience of children
affected life in colonial America.
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