Women's agency in early modern Britain and the American colonies : patriarchy, partnership and patronage / Rosemary O'Day.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Day, Rosemary., author.

Series:

Themes in British social history.

Themes In British Social History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--United States--Social conditions.

Marriage--Great Britain--History.

Marriage.

Marriage--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (505 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Women in early modern Britain and colonial America were not the weak husband- and father-dominated characters of popular myth. Quite the reverse, strong women were the norm. They exercised considerable influence as important agents in the social, economic, religious and cultural life of their societies.This book shows how women on both sides of the Atlantic, while accepting a patriarchal system with all its advantages and disadvantages, contrived to carve out for themselves meaningful lives. Unusually it concentrates not only on the making and meaning of marriage, but als

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Dedication; Abbreviations; 1 General introduction; PART 1 Marrying: an active proposition; Introduction; 2 How and where were marriages solemnised?; 3 What was marriage? What was its purpose?; 4 Finding a partner among the landed aristocracy; 5 Making marriages among women of the professional and the middling sorts; PART 2 Experience of marriage; Introduction; 6 Attitudes to marriage; 7 Patriarchy; 8 Partnership and separation; 9 Mistress of the household: what wives did all day; 10 Mothers; 11 Wives and property

12 Widows and widowhoodPART 3 Culture and religion: women's preparation for and participation in contemporary culture; Introduction; 13 Women's formal and informal education; 14 Women and religion; 15 Contemporary culture: print and non-print, public and private; 16 Women's cultural lives: participation; Bibliography; Glossary; Subject index; Index of proper names

Notes:

"First published 2007 by Pearson Education Limited"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 3, 2014).

ISBN:

1-317-88630-5

1-138-15514-4

1-315-84158-4

1-317-88631-3

9781315841588

OCLC:

897463308