Women's agency in early modern Britain and the American colonies patriarchy, partnership and patronage
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 separati...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Harlow u.a.
Pearson Longman
2007
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Themes in British social history
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [429] - 475) and indexes |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 494 S. |
| ISBN: | 0582294630 0-582-29463-0 9780582294639 978-0-582-29463-9 |