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Masterful women : slaveholding widows from the American Revolution through the Civil War /
Many early-19th-century slaveholders considered themselves "masters" not only over slaves, but also over the institutions of marriage and family. This privilege was generally reserved for white males. But as many as one in ten slaveholders was a widow, and as this book demonstrates, slaveh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Gender & American culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Many early-19th-century slaveholders considered themselves "masters" not only over slaves, but also over the institutions of marriage and family. This privilege was generally reserved for white males. But as many as one in ten slaveholders was a widow, and as this book demonstrates, slaveholding widows developed their own version of mastery. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 281 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-266) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807863777 9780807863770 9780807828595 0807828599 9780807855287 0807855286 |