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Gentlewomen and learned ladies : women and elite formation in eighteenth-century Philadelphia
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Gentlewomen and learned ladies : women and elite formation in eighteenth-century Philadelphia / Sarah Fatherly.
ISBN
9780934223942 (alk. paper)
0934223947 (alk. paper)
Published
Bethlehem [Pa.] : Lehigh University Press, c2008.
Physical Description
244 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2009
Series
Studies in eighteenth-century America and the Atlantic world
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index.
Contents
Introduction: "London in miniature"
"Trade, riches and power"
Alliances and adornments
"The education of a woman of quality"
"The diversities of town and country"
"Female politicians
The challenges of revolution.
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