Masterful Women Slaveholding Widows from the American Revolution Through the Civil War |
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| Author:
| Wood, Kirsten E. |
| Series title: | Gender and American Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-2859-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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Wood demonstrates that slaveholding widows enjoyed material, legal, and cultural resources to which most other southerners could only aspire. The ways in which they did and did not translate those resources into social, political, and economic power shed new light on the evolution of slaveholding society.
Wood demonstrates that slaveholding widows enjoyed material, legal, and cultural resources to which most other southerners could only aspire. The ways in which they did and did not translate those resources into social, political, and economic power shed new light on the evolution of slaveholding society.