| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 441 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Is the wife an endangered species? -- Wives in the ancient world: Biblical, Greek, and Roman models -- Wives in Medieval Europe, 1100-1500 -- Protestant wives in Germany, England, and America, 1500-1700 -- Republican wives in America and France -- Victorian wives on both sides of the Atlantic -- Victorian wives on the American frontier -- The woman question and the new woman -- Sex, contraception, and abortion in the United States, 1840-1940 -- Wives, war, and work |
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1940-1950 -- Toward the new wife, 1950-2000. |
| Subject |
Married women -- History.
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Housewives -- History.
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Marriage -- History.
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Women -- History.
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| ISBN |
0060193387 |
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9780060193386 |
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