ISBN:
9780415928557
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (295 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
New World in the Atlantic World
Series Statement:
New World in the Atlantic World Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Within Her Power : Propertied Women in Colonial Virginia
DDC:
305.4/09755
Keywords:
Renaissance, 1450-1600
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: ""As if I Had Been in a New World""; 1 The Ghost Family: Inheritance, Property, and Stepfamilies; 2 ""Hardship upon Women"": Anglicization and Property Law; 3 ""As Though I My Self Was Pr[e]sent"": Women with Power of Attorney; 4 The ""Ordinary"" Women: Business Owners and the Local Courts; 5 ""A Little Purse to Herself"": Cash, Credit, and Shopping; 6 ""Madam & Co."": Gender, Family, and Trade Enterprises
Description / Table of Contents:
Conclusion: ""Any Thing Will I Agree to For the Common Good"": Toward the RevolutionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
