Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America
1st Edition
Published on 26. February 2010
208 pages
978-0-313-35553-0 (ISBN)
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 times-war, slavery, religious awakenings, political change, perceptions about gender-as 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.
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 times-war, slavery, religious awakenings, political change, perceptions about gender-as 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Illustrations
16 bw illus
File size
1,73 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-313-35553-0 (9780313355530)
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Merril D. Smith
Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America
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02/2010
Greenwood Press
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Merril D. Smith is an independent scholar living in National Park, NJ.
Content
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology
1. Women, Marriage, and the Family
2. Women and the Law
3. Women and Work
4. Women and Travel
5. Women and War
6. Women and Religion
7. Women, Education, and the Arts
Selected Bibliography and Resources
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology
1. Women, Marriage, and the Family
2. Women and the Law
3. Women and Work
4. Women and Travel
5. Women and War
6. Women and Religion
7. Women, Education, and the Arts
Selected Bibliography and Resources
Index
