Traditions and Reminiscences of Concord, Massachusetts, 1779-1878 Paperback - 2009
by Edward Jarvis; Sarah Chapin (Editor); Introduction by Robert a. Gross
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A statistician and pioneer in the treatment of the mentally ill, Edward Jarvis (1803-1884) decided late in life to record his recollections of Concord, Massachusetts, the town in which he was raised. Using Lemuel Shattuck's History of Concord as the springboard for his thoughts, Jarvis produced a remarkable document. Traditions and Reminiscences is encyclopedic in scope but intimate in style; it provides an astonishingly detailed account of life in early nineteenth-century Concord. Jarvis escorts us through the family home, making certain we understand the function and value of each item in the domestic scene. Then he is off to the neighbors' houses, to the schoolhouse, the church, the social clubs, the library, the post office, the town hall, and even the tavern, where he unabashedly counts patrons' drinks. Along the way we learn about neighborly cooperation - quiltings, husking bees, and barn raisings - about social manners and respectability, and about local vices. The result is a vast storehouse of information and a vivid portrait of life in an early nineteenth-century preindustrial community. The memoir also provides a first-hand witness to the crusade for moral reform that transformed mid-nineteenth-century New England.
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- Title Traditions and Reminiscences of Concord, Massachusetts, 1779-1878
- Author Edward Jarvis; Sarah Chapin (Editor); Introduction by Robert a. Gross
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Massachusetts Press
- Date 2009-10-07
- ISBN 9781558497665 / 1558497668
- Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.67 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.70 cm)
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- Cultural Region: New England
- Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
- Dewey Decimal Code 974.44
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