Antebellum women [[electronic resource] ] : private, public, partisan / / Carol Lasser and Stacey Robertson

• Autore: Lasser Carol
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.40973; 305.4097309034
• Soggetto topico: Women - United States - Social conditions - 19th century; Women - United States - Social conditions - 18th century; Women - Political activity - United States - History - 19th century; Women - Political activity - United States - History - 18th century; Gender & Ethnic Studies; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Social Sciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RobertsonStacey M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Introduction; PartI. Antebellum Women; PartII. Primary Documents; Index; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Antebellum Women: Private, Public, Partisan explores how diverse women understood, and acted upon, their varied constraints and worldviews in American society from the Revolution through the Civil War. Combining a review of the vast scholarship on early nineteenth-century gender and women with an assemblage of intriguing primary documents, this volume outlines three phases in women's engagement in civic and political activities: first as ""deferential domestics,"" then as ""companionate co-workers,"" and finally as ""passionate partis
• Titolo autorizzato: Antebellum women
• ISBN: 1-282-93671-9; 9786612936715; 1-4422-0559-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460300303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American controversies series