Women's agency in early modern Britain and the American colonies patriarchy, partnership and patronage

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1. Verfasser: O'Day, Rosemary (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Harlow u.a. Pearson Longman 2007
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Themes in British social history
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-475) and indexes
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
Beschreibung:viii, 494 S.
ISBN:9780582294639
978-0-582-29463-9