Eighteenth-century Women : An Anthology

ISBN-13: 9780415623889 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 288 str.

Bridget Hill

Opis

This text filled an acknowledged gap in the social history of the period and made available hitherto inaccessible sources. The work draws on newspapers and journals, memoirs, diaries, courtesy books, county surveys and records, but also on the literature of the period, its novels, poetry and plays.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Ideas of Female Perfection  2. And the Greatest of These was Chastity  3. Female Education  4. Approaching Marriage  5. Marriage and After  6. Women’s Legal Position: Marriage Law and Custom  7. Women without Husbands  8. Crime and Punishment  9. The Female Poor  10. Women and Agriculture  11. Women in Industry and Other Occupations  12. Female Domestic Servants  13. Women Protest

O autorze

Bridget Hill