Siblings
Brothers and Sisters in American History
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 25 August 2011
- ISBN 9780199754052
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages328 pages
- Size 236x155x30 mm
- Weight 612 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 30 halftones 0
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Short description:
Based on a wealth of family papers, period images, and popular literature, this is the first book devoted to the broad history of sibling relations in America.
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Based on a wealth of family papers, period images, and popular literature, this is the first book devoted to the broad history of sibling relations in America. Illuminating the evolution of the modern family system, Siblings shows how brothers and sisters have helped each other in the face of the dramatic political, economic, and cultural changes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The book illustrates how, in colonial America, sibling relations offered an egalitarian space to soften the challenges of the larger patriarchal family and society, whereas after the Revolution, in antebellum America, sibling relations provided order and authority in a more democratic nation. As Hemphill demonstrates, siblings function across all races as humanity's shock-absorbers as well as valued kin and keepers of memory. This wide-ranging book offers a new understanding of the relationship between families and history in an evolving world and a timely reminder of the role our siblings play in our own lives.
Hemphill's striking insights into lateral relationships among children provides a provocative template for thinking about how childhood bonds sustained individuals who faced the constant upheavals of slavery, of removal, and of cultural erasure. This book will be of great value for scholars interested in early American history, the history of the family, and childhood studies.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part I: Siblings in a New World
Ch 1: Comparing Colonial Childhoods
Ch 2: Survivors: Sibling Relations among Adults
Ch 3: Siblings for Keeps in Early America
Part II: Sublings in a Time of Revolution
Ch 4: Finding Fraternity: Gender and the Revolution in Sentiment
Ch 5: Republican Brothers and Sisters at Play
Ch 6: Shock Absorbers: Young Adult Siblings in the New Century
Part III: Sublings and Democracy in America
Ch 7: Northern Homes as Found
Ch 8: The Reign of the Elder Sister
Ch 9: The Feminization of Kin-Keeping
Ch 10: Telling Exceptions: Planters, Slaves, and Pioneers
Epilogue: To the Back Seat Wars
Notes
Bibliography
