Shammas, Carole A History of Household Government in America.(Book Review)(Brief Article)

History: Review of New Books, June, 2003 by Peterson, Larry R.

Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press 232 pp., $55.00 cloth, $19.50 paper ISBN 0-8139-2125-2 cloth ISBN 0-8139-2126-0 paper Publication Date: November 2002

Carole Shammas, the John R. Hubbard Professor of History at the University of Southern California, is best known for books on the history of inheritance and on pre-industrial consumers. Although this book's title, A History of Household Government in America, suggests a narrow focus, Shammas offers bold new understandings of American social history that challenge accepted interpretations. Using the lens of household government to analyze everything from slavery to abortion, Shammas argues that we can understand social history far better by focusing on changes in laws and policies governing...

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