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The Fair Sex : White Women and Racial Patriarchy in the Early American Republic.

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2002. Once the egalitarian passions of the American Revolution had dimmed, the new nation settled into a conservative period that saw the legal and social subordination of women and non-white men. Among the Founders who brought the fledgling government into being we...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schloesser, Pauline E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Race, Gender, and Woman Citizenship in theAmerican Founding; 2 Toward a Theory of Racial Patriarchy; 3 The Ideology of the "Fair Sex"; 4 The Philosopher Queen and the U.S. Constitution:Mercy Otis Warren as a Reluctant Signatory; 5 From Revolution to Racial Patriarchy: The PoliticalPragmatism of Abigail Adams; 6 Gleaning a Self between the Lines: Judith SargentMurray and the American Enlightenment; 7 Conclusion; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.