The Poison Plot : A Tale of Adultery and Murder in Colonial Newport /

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"Explores in colonial Newport, Rhode Island, the tumultuous marriage of Benedict and Mary Arnold in the 1720s and 1730s. In and through their sordid and possibly criminal marital story, in which Mary is accused of poisoning Benedict, Crane sheds light on the liabilities and possibilities for wo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Crane, Elaine Forman
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Arnold, Mary, > 1702-1769.
Arnold, Benedict, > 1683-1739.
Social conditions.
Poisoning.
Adultery.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Adultery > Rhode Island > Newport > History > 18th century > Case studies.
Poisoning > Rhode Island > Newport > History > 18th century > Case studies.
Rhode Island > Newport.
Rhode Island.
Rhode Island > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale)
Rhode Island > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Newport (R.I.) > Social conditions > 18th century.
History.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Explores in colonial Newport, Rhode Island, the tumultuous marriage of Benedict and Mary Arnold in the 1720s and 1730s. In and through their sordid and possibly criminal marital story, in which Mary is accused of poisoning Benedict, Crane sheds light on the liabilities and possibilities for women under couverture, the complex social and economic networks that bound together the elite and laboring classes of Newport, and the trans-oceanic cultures of trade, consumption, and sociability that came to shape expectations for marital satisfaction on both sides of the Atlantic"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9781501721335

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