Mary Jo Maynes: 3 books
The Family
A World History
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
People have always lived in families, but what that means has varied dramatically across time and cultures. The family is not a "natural" phenomenon but an institution with a dynamic history stretching 10,000 years into the past. Mary Jo Maynes and Ann Waltner tell the story of this fundamental unit...
Taking the Hard Road
Life Course in French and German Workers' Autobiographies in the Era of Industrialization
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Taking the Hard Road is an engaging history of growing up in working-class families in France and Germany during the Industrial Revolution. Based on a reading of ninety autobiographical accounts of childhood and adolescence, the book explores the far-reaching historical transformations associated...
Telling Stories
The Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and History
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
In Telling Stories, Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce, and Barbara Laslett argue that personal narratives-autobiographies, oral histories, life history interviews, and memoirs-are an important research tool for understanding the relationship between people and their societies. Gathering examples...