SOC 112 Study Guide - Primogeniture, Coverture, Coitus Interruptus
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American family: change and diversity with dr. maria schmeeckle. Chapter study guide for the first part of the course. Mintz preface and prologue, and cott introduction are not required, but you can see here what they cover. Public interest in marriage (structured by gender, race, monogamy), influence of christianity and english common law. For each assigned chapter, i give the time period, themes covered, and key concepts. I give more detail about the cott chapters because they are more difficult. Themes should help to guide your reading and studying. Concepts are terms you should look for and try to discern the meaning of. Some of them can be looked up in the dictionary if needed. Themes: new england puritan childrearing, contrasted with native american and english customs. Concepts: patriarchy, tithingmen, wet nursing, little commonwealth, jeremiad, primogeniture, 2 red, white, and black in colonial america (colonial era) Themes: childhood for chesapeake bay whites, native americans, slave children, middle.
