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Siblings for Keeps in Early America

Siblings for Keeps in Early America A norm of strong relations between adult brothers and sisters persisted for a long time in early America. Two particular features of this relationship lasted from the seventeenth through the early nineteenth century. One was a shared ethic of "kin-keeping" (maintaining family ties) among Euro-American adult brothers and sisters; the other was a related practice of extensive sibling socializing. But these features did not last forever. In hindsight, the enormous importance of adult siblings in each others' lives seems part of a world many Americans have lost. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal University of Pennsylvania Press

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 The McNeil Center for Early American Studies.
ISSN
1559-0895

Abstract

A norm of strong relations between adult brothers and sisters persisted for a long time in early America. Two particular features of this relationship lasted from the seventeenth through the early nineteenth century. One was a shared ethic of "kin-keeping" (maintaining family ties) among Euro-American adult brothers and sisters; the other was a related practice of extensive sibling socializing. But these features did not last forever. In hindsight, the enormous importance of adult siblings in each others' lives seems part of a world many Americans have lost.

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Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary JournalUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

Published: Jan 8, 2011

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