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Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America

Contributors:

By (Author) Merril D. Smith

ISBN:

9780313355523

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Greenwood Press

Publication Date:

26th February 2010

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

305.4097309033

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

208

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 235mm

Weight:

454g

Description

This book offers a look at how the lives of women changed in the era when the United States emerged. Spanning the broad spectrum of Colonial-era life, Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America is a revealing exploration of how 18-century American women of various races, classes, and religions were affected by conditions of the timeswar, slavery, religious awakenings, political change, perceptions about genderas well as how they influenced the world around them. Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America covers the area of North America that became the United States and follows the transformation of the British colonies into a new nation. The book is organized thematically to examine marriage and the family, the law, work, travel, war, religion, and education and the arts. Each chapter combines current research and primary sources to offer authoritative portraits of real lives of the everyday women during this pivotal early era in our history.

Reviews

Recommended. Undergraduate collections. * Choice *

Author Bio

Merril D. Smith is an independent scholar living in National Park, NJ.

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