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Portrait of an Early American Family : The Shippens of Pennsylvania Across Five Generations / Randolph Shipley Klein.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Anniversary CollectionPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©1976Edition: Reprint 2016Description: 1 online resource (372 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812277005
  • 9781512803556
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 929/.2/0973
LOC classification:
  • CS71.S557 1975
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- 1. The Family Connection -- II. The First Generation: Uprooting, Transplanting, and Creating -- III. Second Generation: Contraction of the Family -- IV. Third Generation: The Formative Period -- V. The Education and Establishment of the Fourth Generation'- The Primary Branch -- VI. The Establishment of the Fourth Generation: The Secondary Branches -- VII. Interaction as a Family Before the American Revolution -- VIII. The Shippens and the American Revolution to 1781 -- IX. The End of an Era -- X. The Shippens in Retrospect -- Notes -- Appendix A. Vital Statistics of Five Generations -- Appendix B. The Shippen Family Kinship Network: A Schematic Presentation -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: An expert rendering of a strong kinship system operating for the benefit, advancement, and protection of its members.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781512803556

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- 1. The Family Connection -- II. The First Generation: Uprooting, Transplanting, and Creating -- III. Second Generation: Contraction of the Family -- IV. Third Generation: The Formative Period -- V. The Education and Establishment of the Fourth Generation'- The Primary Branch -- VI. The Establishment of the Fourth Generation: The Secondary Branches -- VII. Interaction as a Family Before the American Revolution -- VIII. The Shippens and the American Revolution to 1781 -- IX. The End of an Era -- X. The Shippens in Retrospect -- Notes -- Appendix A. Vital Statistics of Five Generations -- Appendix B. The Shippen Family Kinship Network: A Schematic Presentation -- Bibliography -- Index

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An expert rendering of a strong kinship system operating for the benefit, advancement, and protection of its members.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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