ISBN:
9780197568576
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0197568572
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 433 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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25 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Edwards, Laura F., 1964 - Only the clothes on her back
DDC:
346.7304/7
Keywords:
Clothing and dress Social aspects 19th century
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History
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Women Legal status, laws, etc 19th century
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History
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Property History 19th century
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Textile fabrics Social aspects 19th century
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History
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Textile industry Law and legislation
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African Americans Legal status, laws, etc 19th century
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History
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Poor laws History 19th century
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Law Political aspects 19th century
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History
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Equality before the law History 19th century
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USA
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Frau
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Schwarze
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Armut
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Kleidung
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Eigentum
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Rechtsstellung
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Soziale Stellung
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Geschichte 1771-1861
Abstract:
Introduction. Elizabeth's and Caty's failed escapes : the materials of legal meaning -- Part I. Old clothes in a new country. Polly's yarn : legal principles ; Roger Taney's long underwear : federalism ; Mr. Robinson's fabrics : merchants ; Rebecca Coles's factory : manufacturers -- Part II. Protective coverings in a hostile world. The Prison Society's problem : currency ; Jane Cooley's loom : capital ; Margaret Ten Eyck's accounts : credit ; Eliza Cauchois's shift : exchange -- Part III. Rags. Sarah Allingham's sheet : enforcement ; Catherine Brennan's haul : criminality ; Charles Lohman's dresses : suppression ; Mrs. Harris's marriage : erasure -- Conclusion. Mrs. Lincoln's old clothes : just material.
Abstract:
"What can dresses, bedlinens, waistcoats, pantaloons, shoes, and kerchiefs tell us about the legal status of the least powerful members of American society? In the hands of eminent historian Laura F. Edwards, these textiles tell a revealing story of ordinary people and how they made use of their material goods' economic and legal value in the period between the Revolution and the Civil War"--Dust jacket
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-415) and index
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