Gender and morality in Anglo-American culture, 1650-1800 / Ruth H. Bloch.

Author/creator Bloch, Ruth H., 1949-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionx, 225 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Women--United States. --History.
Women colonists--United States. --History.
Sex role--United States. --History.
Ethics--United States. --History.
United States--History. --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contents Overviews. Theory : culturalist critique of feminist theory (1993). History : untangling the roots of modern sex roles3 (1978) -- Colonial transitions. Revaluing motherhood : American feminine ideals in transition : the rise of the moral mother, 1785-1815 (1978). Regulating courtship : women and the law of courtship in eighteenth century America (2001). Utilitarian vs. evangelical perspectives : women, love, and virtue in the thought of Edwards and Franklin (1993) -- Revolutionary synthesis. Religion and sentimentalism : religion, literary sentimentalism, and popular revolutionary ideology (1994). Republican virtue : the gendered meanings of virtue in revolutionary America (1987). Public/private : gender and the public/private dichotomy in revolutionary thought.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-215) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002003987
ISBN0520234057 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520234065 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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