| Edition |
Second edition, [revised]. |
| Description |
xx, 377 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1: A new world: the 17th and 18th centuries ; First encounters ; Well-ordered families ; The colonial economy ; Women and the law ; Religious experience ; The revolutionary era -- Pt. 2: The young nation, 1800-1860 ; The middle class: domestic lives ; The school and the mill ; Western frontiers ; Mistress and slave ; The reform impulse -- Pt. 3: The late nineteenth century, 1860-1900 ; Women's civil war ; Urban wage earners ; College women ; Clubs, causes, and reform ; Woman suffrage/ women's rights. |
| Subject |
Women -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Woloch, Nancy, 1940-
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| ISBN |
0072418222 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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9780072418224 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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