Age Norms and Intercultural Interaction in Colonial North America

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This interdisciplinary study examines how age norms shaped the experiences of Europeans, Native Americans, and African Americans in colonial North The united states, exploring how diverse population groups conceptualized the human life course and how they adhered to culturally specific sets of beliefs about the old and young. Utilizing evidence drawn from numerous secondary and primary sources, the authors also show that, as more than a few cultural groups interacted in colonial North The united states, their views of specific age cohorts evolved and clashed in important ways.

Although age is a category of analysis incessantly overlooked by scholars, this book demonstrates that it was pivotal for everyone who lived in early North The united states, including the more than a few Native American tribes that inhabited the eastern part of the continent. It also addresses the different ways that European colonists experienced the human life course in three geopolitical regions: New England, the Middle Colonies, and the South. It further explains how age norms played a significant role in both the development of racialized slavery in North The united states and in relationships between Europeans and Native Americans. This study reveals that even within the uneven power dynamic incessantly present right through colonial encounters, African American and Native American attitudes and practices related to human aging proved resilient and influential.

Overall, by examining how early Americans viewed and treated children, youths, and older adults, this book is likely one of the first to systematically explore the deep historical roots of age norms in territories that would eventually develop into a part of the United States. Many of the beliefs about human aging that emerged right through the colonial period continue to shape approaches to childrearing, education, health care, and a large number of other issues. Furthermore, this study—along with providing unique and valuable historical information—offers readers alternative ways of understanding and approaching the human life course, making it relevant to both policymakers and scholars working in numerous fields.

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