1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000511390403321

Autore

Kovács, Karl Paul

Titolo

Symmetrische komponenten in wechselstrommaschinen / Karl Paul Kovács

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel ; Stuttgart : Birkhäuser Verlag, 1962

Descrizione fisica

225 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Collana

Lehr- und Handbucher der Ingenieurwissenschaften ; 24

Disciplina

621.313'3

Locazione

DINEL

Collocazione

10 F I 149

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791732203321

Autore

Barclay Katie

Titolo

Love, intimacy and power [[electronic resource] ] : marriage and patriarchy in Scotland, 1650-1850 / / Katie Barclay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-84779-796-2

1-78170-259-4

1-84779-421-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Gender in History

Gender in history

Disciplina

306.8109411

Soggetti

Marriage - Social aspects - Scotland - History

Male domination (Social structure) - Scotland - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of tables; 1. Introduction: thinking patriarchy; 2. Marriage within Scottish culture; 3. The first step to marriage: courtship; 4. The construction of patriarchy: love, obligation and obedience; 5. The negotiation of patriarchy: intimacy, friendship and duty; 6. The ambiguities of patriarchy: the marital economy; 7. When negotiation fails: the abuses of patriarchy; 8. Conclusion: rethinking patriarchy; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through an analysis of the correspondence of over one hundred couples from the Scottish elites across the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, this book explores how ideas around the nature of emotional intimacy, love, and friendship within marriage adapted to a modernising economy and society. Patriarchy continued to be the central model for marriage across the period and as a result, women found spaces to hold power within the family, but could not translate it to power beyond the household. Comparing the Scottish experience to that across Europe and North America, Barclay shows that through