Women's agency in early modern Britain and the American colonies : patriarchy, partnership and patronage / Rosemary O'Day.
| Author/creator | O'Day, Rosemary |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Longman, 2007. |
| Description | viii, 494 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Themes in British social history Themes in British social history. ^A231073 |
| Contents | General introduction -- How and where were marriages solemnised? -- What was marriage? What was its purpose? -- Finding a partner among the landed aristocracy -- Making marriages among women of the professional and the middling sorts -- Attitudes to marriage -- Patriarchy -- Partnership and separation -- Mistress of the household : what wives did all day -- Mothers -- Wives and property -- Widows and widowhood -- Women's formal and informal education -- Women and religion -- Contemporary culture : print and non-print, public and private -- Women's cultural lives : participation. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-475) and indexes. |
| ISBN | 9780582294639 |
| ISBN | 0582294630 |