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Women's agency in early modern Britain and the American colonies : patriarchy, partnership and patronage
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Women's agency in early modern Britain and the American colonies : patriarchy, partnership and patronage / Rosemary O'Day.
ISBN
9780582294639
0582294630
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Longman, 2007.
Physical Description
viii, 494 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 07, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-475) and indexes.
Contents
General introduction
How and where were marriages solemnised?
What was marriage? What was its purpose?
Finding a partner among the landed aristocracy
Making marriages among women of the professional and the middling sorts
Attitudes to marriage
Patriarchy
Partnership and separation
Mistress of the household : what wives did all day
Mothers
Wives and property
Widows and widowhood
Women's formal and informal education
Women and religion
Contemporary culture : print and non-print, public and private
Women's cultural lives : participation.
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