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1 online resource (295 pages) |
| Series |
New World in the Atlantic World |
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New World in the Atlantic world.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: As if I Had Been in a New World -- 1 The Ghost Family: Inheritance, Property, and Stepfamilies; 2 Hardship upon Women: Anglicization and Property Law; 3 As Though I My Self Was Pr[e]sent: Women with Power of Attorney; 4 The Ordinary Women: Business Owners and the Local Courts; 5 A Little Purse to Herself: Cash, Credit, and Shopping; 6 Madam & Co.: Gender, Family, and Trade Enterprises |
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Conclusion: ""Any Thing Will I Agree to For the Common Good"": Toward the RevolutionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This is an engaging and comprehensive study of property-owning women in the colony of Tidewater, VA during the 17th & 18th centuries. It examines the social restrictions on women's behaviour and speech, opportunities and difficulties these women encountered in the legal system, the economic and discretionary authority they enjoyed, the roles they played in the family business, their roles in the later, trans-Atlantic trading framework, and the imperial context within which these colonial women lived, making this a welcome addition to both colonial and women's history |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Virginia -- History -- 17th century
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Women -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century
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Women landowners -- Virginia -- History
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Virginia -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Women
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Women landowners
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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| SUBJECT |
Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143765
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| Subject |
Virginia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135301965 |
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1135301964 |
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