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Women's Agency in Early Modern Britain and the American Colonies : patriarchy, partnership and patronage /
Women in early modern Britain and colonial America were not the weak husband- and father-dominated characters of popular myth. Quite the reverse, strong women were the norm. They exercised considerable influence as important agents in the social, economic, religious and cultural life of their societ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge, Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Colección: | Themes in British social history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Women in early modern Britain and colonial America were not the weak husband- and father-dominated characters of popular myth. Quite the reverse, strong women were the norm. They exercised considerable influence as important agents in the social, economic, religious and cultural life of their societies. This book shows how women on both sides of the Atlantic, while accepting a patriarchal system with all its advantages and disadvantages, contrived to carve out for themselves meaningful lives. Unusually it concentrates not only on the making and meaning of marriage, but als. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (505 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317886310 1317886313 9781315841588 1315841584 1317886305 9781317886303 1138155144 9781138155145 |