Private Lives/Public Moments: Readings in American History, Volume 1 (to 1877), 1st edition

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE:  EARLY AMERICA:  FROM BEFORE 1492 TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

1.       BEFORE 1492: NATIVE AMERICANS OF THE SOUTHWEST

          DAVID LA VERE

2.       COLUMBUS MEETS POCAHONTAS: EUROPEAN IMAGES OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN

          THEDA PERDUE

3.       RELIGION, CHILDHOOD, AND SOCIETY IN THE NEW ENGLAND AND MIDDLE COLONIES

          STEVEN MINTZ

4.       SETTLING SOUTH CAROLINA: FAMILY TIES AND THE QUEST FOR WEALTH IN THE NEW WORLD

          LORRI GLOVER

5.       FROM AFRICANS TO AFRICAN AMERICANS: SLAVERY, WOMEN, AND THE FAMILY

          CAROL BERKIN

6.       PATRIOT FATHER, LOYALIST SON: BENJAMIN AND WILLIAM FRANKLIN

          SHEILA KEMP

7.       SOUTHERN WOMEN AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

          MARY BETH NORTON

PART TWO:  A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE:  LIFE, WORK, AND TERRITORIAL EXPANSION IN THE NEW NATION

8.       PIONEERS ON THE WESTERN FARMING FRONTIER

          JOHN MACK FARAGHER

9.       FROM FARM TO FACTORY: THE BEGINNING OF INDUSTRIAL LABOR

          BARBARA TUCKER

10.     A NEW ECONOMY AND A NEW AMERICAN FAMILY

          STEVEN MINTZ AND SUSAN KELLOGG

11.     IRISH IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND THEIR MEN IN NEW YORK CITY

          CAROL GRONEMAN

12.     INDIAN REMOVAL: CHEROKEE WOMEN AND THE TRAIL OF TEARS

          THEDA PERDUE

13.      AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: THE MALE WORLD OF  CALIFORNIA MINING TOWNS

           MALCOLM ROHRBOUGH

PART THREE:  SOCIAL REFORM, SLAVERY, AND THE CIVIL WAR

14.     A RELIGIOUS CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN CAPITALISM: THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY

          SPENCER KLAW

15.     FREE BLACK WOMEN, THE MOVEMENT TO ABOLISH SLAVERY, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS

          SHIRLEY J. YEE

16.     SELLING CHILDREN: THE DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE

          MARIE JENKINS SCHWARTZ

17.     DIVIDED HOUSES: REBEL SONS IN UNION FAMILIES

          AMY MURRELL

18.     THE CHILDREN’S CIVIL WAR

          JAMES MARTEN

19.     FREEDOM?  AFTER THE CIVIL WAR: BLACK WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING RECONSTRUCTION

          NORALEE FRANKEL