The dear-bought heritage

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Ann...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leonard, Eugenie Andruss, 1888-1980
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press [1965]
Temas:
To 1775
Women > United States.
Femmes > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Manners and customs
Women
United States > Social life and customs > To 1775.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > Jusqu'à 1775.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. From Whence They Came
  • 2. Ah Wilderness, We Learned Thy Ways
  • 3. From Shanties to Mansions
  • 4. She Rose up While it is yet Night and Gave Meat to her Household
  • 5. She Laid Her Hand to the Distaff and Spindle
  • 6. Clothing Became an Industry
  • 7. Survival of Mind and Body
  • 8. First She Learned the Techniques of Survival
  • 9. The Education for More Than Survival
  • 10. The Rights With Which They Wrought
  • 11. Rights of Women in Economic Servitude
  • 12. She Struggled with God and the Devil
  • 13. The Coming of Tolerance
  • 14. Above and Beyond Their Duties as Housewives and Mothers
  • 15. She Expanded Her Home to House Her Financial Enterprises
  • 16. From Home to Factory and Work Situation
  • 17. Blossoms of the Heart and Scions of the Mind
  • 18. More Treasures of the Mind
  • 19. Ferments at Work
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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