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Revolutionary conceptions : women, fertility, and family limitation in America, 1760-1820 /
By examining the attitudes and behaviors surrounding the contentious issues of family, contraception, abortion, sexuality, beauty, and identity, Klepp demonstrates that many American women--rural and urban, free and enslaved--began to radically redefine motherhood during the Age of Revolution as the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2009]
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| Colección: | Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | By examining the attitudes and behaviors surrounding the contentious issues of family, contraception, abortion, sexuality, beauty, and identity, Klepp demonstrates that many American women--rural and urban, free and enslaved--began to radically redefine motherhood during the Age of Revolution as they asserted, or attempted to assert, control over their bodies, their marriages, and their daughters' opportunities. |
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| Notas: | "Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 312 pages) : illustrations |
| Premios: | American Historical Association Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, 2010. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469600796 146960079X 9780807838716 0807838713 |