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Autore |
Schloesser Pauline E |
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Titolo |
The Fair sex [[electronic resource] ] : white women and racial patriarchy in the early American Republic / / Pauline Schloesser |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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0-8147-3997-0 |
1-4294-1500-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sex role - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century |
Women - Political activity - United States - History - 18th century |
Political culture - United States - History - 18th century |
Patriarchy - United States - History - 18th century |
United States Politics and government 1775-1783 |
United States Politics and government 1783-1809 |
United States Race relations Political aspects History 18th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-236) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Race, gender, and woman citizenship in the American founding -- Toward a theory of racial patriarchy -- The ideology of the "fair sex" -- The philosopher queen and the U.S. constitution: Mercy Otis Warren as a reluctant signatory -- From revolution to racial patriarchy: the political pragmatism of Abigail Adams -- Gleaning a self between the lines: Judith Sargent Murray. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2002. Once the egalitarian passions of the American Revolution had dimmed, the new nation settled into a conservative period that saw the legal and social subordination of women and non-white men. Among the Founders who brought the fledgling government into being were those who sought to establish order through the reconstruction of racial and gender hierarchies. In this effort they enlisted "the fair sex,"&#-white women. Politicians, ministers, writers, husbands, fathers and brothers entreated Anglo-American women to assume responsibility for the nation's vir |
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