The bonds of womanhood : "woman's sphere" in New England, 1780-1835 / Nancy F. Cott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cott, Nancy F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--New England--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--New England--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed. / with a new preface.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This twentieth anniversary edition of Nancy F. Cott's acclaimed study includes a new preface in which Cott assesses her own and other historian's development of the concept of domesticity from the 1970s to the 1990s. "Nancy Cott's Bonds of Womanhood is not just a pioneer work in women's history. It is a classic. Despite all the work published since, it is still an essential starting place for understanding New England in the early republic."-Laurel Thatcher Ulrich "Cott, still the best historian of women's bonds and bondage, foresaw twenty years ago the tendency of domesticity's bonds to lead both to feminism and the far right. An essential book for understanding today's women."-Carolyn Heilbrun Reviews of the earlier edition: "A lovely, gentle, scholarly, and valuable book."-Doris Grumbach, New York Times Book Review "Women's history at its best."-Phyllis Kriegel, New Directions for Women

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR THE SECOND EDITION

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

1. Work

2. Domesticity

3. Education

4. Religion

5. Sisterhood

CONCLUSION

LIST OF WOMEN'S DOCUMENTS CONSULTED

LIST OF MINISTERS' SERMONS CONSULTED

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300173393

9780300173390

0300173393

9780585349954

0585349959

OCLC:

47010067