Cradle of the Middle Class

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Cradle of the Middle Class is written by Mary P. Ryan and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521274036 (ISBN 10) and 9780521274036 (ISBN 13).

Winner of the 1981 Bancroft Prize. Focusing primarily on the middle class, this study delineates the social, intellectual and psychological transformation of the American family from 1780-1865. Examines the emergence of the privatized middle-class family with its sharp division of male and female roles.