Dangerous to know [[electronic resource] ] : women, crime, and notoriety in the early republic / / Susan Branson |
Autore | Branson Susan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
Disciplina |
305.48/9623092274811
B |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Female offenders - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Women authors, American - 19th century Sex role - United States - History - 19th century Crime - United States - History - 19th century Fame - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Social status - United States - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8122-0142-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- PREFACE -- 1. TWO WORKING WOMEN -- 2. MARRIAGE, MANHOOD, AND MURDER -- 3. THE "ENRAGED TYGRESS" -- 4. COURTING NOTORIETY -- 5. AN UNSUITABLE JOB FORA WOMAN -- 6. BETRAYAL AND REVENGE -- AFTERWORD -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462623503321 |
Branson Susan | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dangerous to know [[electronic resource] ] : women, crime, and notoriety in the early republic / / Susan Branson |
Autore | Branson Susan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
Disciplina |
305.48/9623092274811
B |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Female offenders - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Women authors, American - 19th century Sex role - United States - History - 19th century Crime - United States - History - 19th century Fame - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Social status - United States - History - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies Gender Studies Women's Studies |
ISBN | 0-8122-0142-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- PREFACE -- 1. TWO WORKING WOMEN -- 2. MARRIAGE, MANHOOD, AND MURDER -- 3. THE "ENRAGED TYGRESS" -- 4. COURTING NOTORIETY -- 5. AN UNSUITABLE JOB FORA WOMAN -- 6. BETRAYAL AND REVENGE -- AFTERWORD -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787521003321 |
Branson Susan | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fortune, fame, and desire : promoting the self in the long nineteenth century / / Sharon Hartman Strom |
Autore | Strom Sharon Hartman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.5/5097309034 |
Soggetto topico |
Middle class - United States - History - 19th century
Middle class - United States Self - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Self - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century Ambition - United States - History - 19th century Ambition - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century Fame - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Fame - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century Social change - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 1-4422-7266-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Fortune, fame and desire -- "I have an ambition that burns like fire" : Ephraim George Squier, race, and the North American travelogue -- "The right of defining one's position seems to be a very sacred privilege in America" : Lola Montez, Miriam Follin, E.G. Squier, and Dewitt Clinton Hitchcock -- "Yours in the name of freedom" : Frances Watkins Harper, Harriet Wilson, and the legacy of William Watkins -- "One's own branch of the human race" : Frances Watkins Harper, Anna Dickinson, and Frederick Douglass -- "Self reliance," "universal redemption," and "the obsessed woman" : Warren Chase, Juliet Stillman Severence, and Joseph Osgood Barrett -- The woman question, race, and "liberty in thought and expression" : Harriet Wilson, Paschal Beverly Randolph, and Laura Briggs James -- Coda: The present age. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798894703321 |
Strom Sharon Hartman | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fortune, fame, and desire : promoting the self in the long nineteenth century / / Sharon Hartman Strom |
Autore | Strom Sharon Hartman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.5/5097309034 |
Soggetto topico |
Middle class - United States - History - 19th century
Middle class - United States Self - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Self - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century Ambition - United States - History - 19th century Ambition - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century Fame - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Fame - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century Social change - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 1-4422-7266-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Fortune, fame and desire -- "I have an ambition that burns like fire" : Ephraim George Squier, race, and the North American travelogue -- "The right of defining one's position seems to be a very sacred privilege in America" : Lola Montez, Miriam Follin, E.G. Squier, and Dewitt Clinton Hitchcock -- "Yours in the name of freedom" : Frances Watkins Harper, Harriet Wilson, and the legacy of William Watkins -- "One's own branch of the human race" : Frances Watkins Harper, Anna Dickinson, and Frederick Douglass -- "Self reliance," "universal redemption," and "the obsessed woman" : Warren Chase, Juliet Stillman Severence, and Joseph Osgood Barrett -- The woman question, race, and "liberty in thought and expression" : Harriet Wilson, Paschal Beverly Randolph, and Laura Briggs James -- Coda: The present age. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809164403321 |
Strom Sharon Hartman | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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