ISBN:
0313339767
,
9780313339769
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxviii, 183 p)
,
ill
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Women's roles in American history
Series Statement:
Women's Roles in American History Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Women's Roles in Seventeenth-Century America
DDC:
305.40973/09032
Keywords:
Women Social conditions 17th century
;
Women History 17th century
;
Social role History 17th century
;
Social role ; United States ; History ; 17th century
;
United States ; Social conditions ; To 1865
;
Women ; United States ; History ; 17th century
;
Women ; United States ; Social conditions ; 17th century
;
Electronic books
;
United States Social conditions To 1865
Abstract:
In Colonial America, the lives of white immigrant, black slave, and American Indian women intersected. Economic, religious, social, and political forces all combined to induce and promote European colonization and the growth of slavery and the slave trade during this period. This volume provides the essential overview of American women's lives in the seventeenth century, as the dominant European settlers established their patriarchy. Women were essential to the existence of a new patriarchal society, most importantly because they were necessary for its reproduction. In addition to their roles
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology; 1. Women and the Family; 2. Women and Law; 3. Women and Immigration; 4. Women and Work; 5. Women and Religion; 6. Women and War; 7. Women and Education, Literature, and Recreation; Selected Bibliography and Resources; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-175) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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