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Female alliances : gender, identity, and friendship in early modern Britain /
In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, cultural, economic, and political changes, as well as increased geographic mobility, placed strains upon British society. But by cultivating friendships and alliances, women worked to socially cohere Britain and its colonies. In this historical study of fem...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, cultural, economic, and political changes, as well as increased geographic mobility, placed strains upon British society. But by cultivating friendships and alliances, women worked to socially cohere Britain and its colonies. In this historical study of female friendship and alliance for the early modern period, Amanda Herbert draws on a series of interlocking microhistorical studies to demonstrate the vitality and importance of bonds formed between British women in the long 18th century. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300199253 0300199252 1306370477 9781306370479 |