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Autore |
Fraser Rebecca J. <1978-> |
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Titolo |
Gender, Race and Family in Nineteenth Century America : From Northern Woman to Plantation Mistress / / by Rebecca Fraser |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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9781283867849 |
1283867842 |
9781137291851 |
1137291850 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2013.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (235 p.) |
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Collana |
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Genders and Sexualities in History, , 2730-9487 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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United States - History |
History, Modern |
Social history |
America - History |
US History |
Modern History |
Social History |
History of the Americas |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Reading Letters, Telling Stories and Writing History; 1 ""Everything Here is So Different"": Changing Cultural Landscapes; 2 An Identity in Transit: From ""True Woman"" to ""Southern Lady""; 3 Familial Relations: North and South; 4 Articulating a Southern Self: Georgia, Sunnyside and the Confederacy; 5 Reconstructing Southern Womanhood; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Sarah Hicks Williams was the northern-born wife of an antebellum slaveholder. Rebecca Fraser traces her journey as she relocates to Clifton Grove, the Williams' slaveholding plantation, presenting her with |
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