ISBN: 9780801437021

Marital status was a fundamental and cultural feature of women's identity in the eighteenth century. Free women who were not married could own property and make wills, contracts, and cour… More...

Marital status was a fundamental and cultural feature of women's identity in the eighteenth century. Free women who were not married could own property and make wills, contracts, and court appearances, fights that the law of coverture prevented their married sisters from enjoying. Karin Wulf explores the significance of marital status in this account of unmarried women in Philadelphia, the largest city in the British colonies.In a major act of historical reconstruction, Wulf draws upon sources ranging from tax lists, censuses, poor relief records, and wills, to almanacs, newspapers, correspondence, and poetry to recreate the daily experiences of women who were never-married, widowed, divorced, or separated. With its substantial population of unmarried women, eighteenth-century Philadelphia was much like other early modem cities, but it became a distinctive proving ground for cultural debate and social experimentation involving those women. Arguing that unmarried women shaped the city as much as it shaped them, Wulf examines popular Literary representations of marriage, the economic hardships faced by women, and the decisive impact of a newly masculine public culture in the late colonial period. Media > Book, [PU: Cornell University Press]<

2000, ISBN: 9780801437021

Hardcover, Gebraucht, guter Zustand, 0801437024 Used book, in good condition |No supplements | Normal wear to cover and spine | Page markings | Inventory sticker present | Satisfaction gu… More...

Hardcover, Gebraucht, guter Zustand, 0801437024 Used book, in good condition |No supplements | Normal wear to cover and spine | Page markings | Inventory sticker present | Satisfaction guaranteed!, [PU: Cornell University Press]<

2000, ISBN: 9780801437021

Hardcover book. 256 pages. Published by Cornell University Press (2000) Media > Book, [PU: Cornell University Press]

2000, ISBN: 9780801437021

Hardcover, Great customer service. You will be happy!, Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, P02, [PU: Cornell University Press]