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Anne Orthwood's bastard : sex and law in early Virginia /
"Anne Orthwood's Bastard" tells the story of a maidservant from Bristol, England who emigrated to Virginia's Eastern Shore in 1662, became pregnant by a caddish nephew of a colonial politician, and died in childbirth, leaving an illegitimate son and a host of knotty legal problem...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Anne Orthwood's Bastard" tells the story of a maidservant from Bristol, England who emigrated to Virginia's Eastern Shore in 1662, became pregnant by a caddish nephew of a colonial politician, and died in childbirth, leaving an illegitimate son and a host of knotty legal problems. Through a study of the four cases stemming from this birth and the people involved, Pagan uses the community's response to illuminate the emerging distinctiveness of early American law. He argues that the peculiar structure of Virginia's economy and labour system accounts for many of the differences between colonial and English law, and contends that Virginia leaders skilfully shaped legal doctrines and institutions to serve their own agenda. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (222 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-211) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423735323 9781423735328 1602564523 9781602564527 9780195144789 0195144783 9780195144796 0195144791 1280535296 9781280535291 9780198033066 0198033060 9786612367366 6612367369 0199881774 9780199881772 1282367366 9781282367364 9786610535293 6610535299 |