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1 online resource (x, 225 pages) |
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Bibliography |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-215) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
A collection of essays on the origins of Anglo-American conceptions of gender and morality. The volume illuminates the overarching theme by addressing a basic historical question: Why did the attitudes toward gender and family relations that we now consider traditional values emerge when they did? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Women -- United States -- History.
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Women. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Women colonists -- United States -- History.
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Women colonists. |
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United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Sex role -- United States -- History.
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Ethics -- United States -- History.
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Sex role. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. |
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Ethics. |
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1775 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Gender roles. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Gender and morality in Anglo-American culture, 1650-1800 Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. 0520234057 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2002003987 |
| ISBN |
9780520936478 ebook |
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0520936477 |
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0520234057 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520234065 paperback alkaline paper |
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0585467781 (electronic book) |
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9780585467788 (electronic book) |
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9780520234055 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520234057 |
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9780520234062 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520234065 |
| Standard No. |
ebc223614 |
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