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A history of stepfamilies in early America
Stepfamilies are not a modern phenomenon, but despite this reality, the history of stepfamilies in America has yet to be fully explored. In the first book-length work on the topic, Lisa Wilson examines the stereotypes and actualities of colonial stepfamilies and reveals them to be important factors...
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| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2014]
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xiv, 155 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm. |
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Contents:
- Remarriage
- Stepfathers in the law: the case of Silas Deane and the Webb family
- The wicked "step"mother
- Through the eyes of a stepchild
- Brothers and sisters
- Reforming stepfamilies.