Atlantic Families: Lives and Letters in the Later Eighteenth Century

Atlantic Families: Lives and Letters in the Later Eighteenth Century
ISBN-10
0199532990
ISBN-13
9780199532995
Category
History
Pages
294
Language
English
Published
2008-11-27
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
Sarah M. S. Pearsall

Description

The growth of the Atlantic world led to the separation of many families. Sarah Pearsall explores their lives and letters, revealing the sometimes shocking stories of those divided by sea, and argues that it was these transatlantic bonds-much more than the American Revolution-that reshaped contemporary ideals about marriage and the family.

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