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UNINA9910782742903321 |
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Autore |
Smith Merril D. <1956-> |
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Titolo |
Women's roles in seventeenth-century America / / Merril D. Smith |
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Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2008 |
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Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-36147-3 |
9786612361470 |
0-313-08706-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxviii, 183 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Women's roles in American history, , 1553-507X |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - United States - History - 17th century |
Women - United States - Social conditions - 17th century |
Social role - United States - History - 17th century |
United States Social conditions To 1865 |
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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. [171]-175) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Women and the family -- Women and law -- Women and immigration -- Women and work -- Women and religion -- Women and war -- Women and education, literature, and recreation. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Colonial America, the lives of white immigrant, black slave, and American Indian women intersected. Economic, religious, social, and political forces all combined to induce and promote European colonization and the growth of slavery and the slave trade during this period. This volume provides the essential overview of American women's lives in the seventeenth century, as the dominant European settlers established their patriarchy. Women were essential to the existence of a new patriarchal society, most importantly because they were necessary for its reproduction. In addition to their roles |
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