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Book Review
Canada and the United States
Lisa Wilson. Ye Heart of a Man: The Domestic Life of Men in Colonial New England. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1999. Pp. xii, 255. $25.00.
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A generation of women's historians has made readers sensitive to the intimate details and everyday experiences of ordinary women's lives. But what of the men they lived with? The emergence of gender history has broadened our focus to men and women and made us aware that we know less about the private lives of ordinary meneven in largely patriarchal societiesthan we thought. Lisa Wilson has made a significant contribution in analyzing the domestic lives of colonial men; the men in her book speak to us about their worlds, including their feelings about work, their perceived usefulness (or lack thereof) in their occupations, their dilemmas over courtship and marriage, and their anxieties and hopes regarding the responsibilities of adulthood. |
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