The Plain People of Early America 1750-1850
FAIN: FS-10534-77
Boston University (Boston, MA 02215-1300)
Richard L. Bushman (Project Director: January 1977 to present)
To examine and reconstruct, through the examination of the original sources of social history the life of the Northern farm family 1750-1850. Discussion topics will include: the organization of work; consumption patterns; social structures; moral and cultural values; folklore; and play and child life.