Masterful women : slaveholding widows from the American Revolution through the Civil War /
Many early-19th-century slaveholders considered themselves "masters" not only over slaves, but also over the institutions of marriage and family. This privilege was generally reserved for white males. But as many as one in ten slaveholders was a widow, and as this book demonstrates, slaveh...
| Основен автор: | Wood, Kirsten E. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
℗♭2004.
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| Серия: |
Gender & American culture.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=127514 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Masterful women. |
Съдържание:
- The management of Negroes
- The strongest ties that bind poor mortals
- A very public road
- The leading men and women
- Worried in body and vexed in heart
- What will become of us!