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Autore |
Zagarri Rosemarie |
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Titolo |
A Woman's Dilemma : Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution |
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Somerset : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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9781118774816 |
9781118775011 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (213 pages) |
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Authors, American -- 18th century -- Biography |
Historians -- United States -- Biography |
HISTORY / United States / General |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women |
Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814 |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- A Woman's Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and The American Revolution -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments Second Edition -- A Partial Genealogy of the Family of Mercy Otis Warren -- Map: Massachusetts in 1782 -- Timeline: Mercy Otis Warren/The American Revolution -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The First Friends of Her Heart -- Study questions -- Chapter 2 Politics as a Family Affair -- Study questions -- Chapter 3 Her Pen as a Sword -- Study questions -- Chapter 4 War Widows -- Study questions -- Chapter 5 An Old Republican -- Study questions -- Chapter 6 "History is not the Province of the Ladies" -- Study questions -- Conclusion: The Line Beyond Her Sex -- Bibliographical Essay -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Chapter 1 The First Friends of Her Heart -- Chapter 2 Politics as a Family Affair -- Chapter 3 Her Pen as a Sword -- Chapter 4 War Widows -- Chapter 5 An Old Republican -- Chapter 6 "History is not the Province of the Ladies" -- Conclusion: The Line Beyond Her Sex -- Index -- End User License Agreement. |
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The second edition of A Woman's Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution updates Rosemarie Zagarri's biography of one of the most accomplished women of the Revolutionary era. The work places Warren into the social and political context in which she lived and examines the impact of Warren's writings on Revolutionary politics and the status of women in early America. Presents readers with an engaging and accessible historical biography of an accomplished literary and political figure of the Revolutionary era Provides an incisive narrative of the social and intellectual forces that contributed to the coming of the American Revolution Features a variety of updates, including an in-depth Bibliographical Essay, multiple illustrations, a timeline of Warren's life, and chapter-end study questions Includes expanded coverage of women during the Revolutionary Era and the Early American Republic. |
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