Founding Mothers & Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society

The book was in good condition but was not exactly what I was looking for. It was too general a text, as I required more of a scholar study.

My last name in Pinion, and she has a great section on the riotous Pinion's of New England. What a crew! They aren't kin, but I know some people in the family now who would give them a run for their money.

Item as described. Thank you!

For school

Academic, difficult to read, read like a 400 page dissertation.

Very good book.

This is an academic style book so the material is a bit dense at time but it is worth pursuing. I had to slow down and fully concentrate on the text but I really enjoyed the process, the subject matter and learned about a portion of history I was previously unaware of.

I stumbled upon this book doing genealogy research. I am a direct descendant of Thomas Meekes and Rebecca Turner featured on pages 129-130 of the book. Initially I was intrigued to see how my ancestors' less than stellar behavior early on fit within the social context of the times. Unfortunately, given the sweeping generalizations and erroneous conclusions in this one simple profile I can only assume that similar liberties were taken throughout the book to make a more compelling storyline - afterall that is what sells books. One gets the sense that the writer and her research team rushed to find examples and develop conclusions to fit a particular point of view as other examples follow a similar poor writing style with little to no supporting facts.The conclusions that they lived a financially straightened existence, that Rebecca suffered for her youthful fling all her life and that Thomas sold Rebecca's lands in a way that implies it was done out of necessity or poor management are rubbish. Thomas purchased other lands throughout his life time. He left a sizable estate and they were considered quite wealthy. They were well respected later in life and their children educated and successful - donating land for Yale College, marrying into other prominent families, etc. Original source documentation on this family is plentiful. Ms. Norton, if you are going to speculate on outcomes please be professional enough to admit it.