A Woman's Kingdom : Noblewomen and the Control of Property in Russia, 1700-1861.

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In A Woman's Kingdom, Michelle Lamarche Marrese explores the development of Russian noblewomen's unusual property rights. In contrast to women in Western Europe, who could not control their assets during marriage until the second half of the nineteenth century, married women in Russia enjo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marrese, Michelle Lamarche
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Temas:
Women landowners > Russia > History.
Inheritance and succession > Russia > History.
Women > Russia > History.
Femmes > Russie > Histoire.
Successions et héritages > Russie > Histoire.
Femmes propriétaires fonciers > Russie > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Inheritance and succession
Women
Women landowners
Russia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; A WOMAN'S KINGDOM; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Glossary; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; ONE From Maintenance to Entitlement: Women and the Law of Inheritance; TWO The Enigma of Married Women's Control of Property; THREE Marriage and the Practice of Separate Property; FOUR A Desiatina of Her Own: Gender and the Culture of Noble Property; FIVE The Culture of Giving: Women, Men, and Testamentary Behavior; SIX The Pomeshchitsa, Absent and Present: Women and Estate Management; SEVEN Women and the Legal Process; Conclusion.
  • Appendix 1 A Note on Sources: The Krepostnye KnigiAppendix 2 Kinship of Litigants in Inheritance Disputes Involving Noblewomen, 1700-1861; Bibliography; Index.

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