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- catalog abstract ""This book--the first to investigate the rich and complex lives of rural women during this period--focuses on women in the Philadelphia hinterland and shows how they became an essential part of that area's rise to agricultural prominence." The author concludes that "rural women in the mid-Atlantic region decreased patriarchal power within the family, became active shapers of the process of commercialization and economic development, and carved out new roles for themselves in public life--providing the base for the development of the feminist movement in the antebellum era"--Book jacket.".
- catalog contributor b555130.
- catalog coverage "Middle Atlantic States Rural conditions.".
- catalog coverage "United States History 18th century.".
- catalog coverage "United States History 19th century.".
- catalog created "c1986.".
- catalog date "1986".
- catalog date "c1986.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1986.".
- catalog description ""This book--the first to investigate the rich and complex lives of rural women during this period--focuses on women in the Philadelphia hinterland and shows how they became an essential part of that area's rise to agricultural prominence." The author concludes that "rural women in the mid-Atlantic region decreased patriarchal power within the family, became active shapers of the process of commercialization and economic development, and carved out new roles for themselves in public life--providing the base for the development of the feminist movement in the antebellum era"--Book jacket.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 231-263.".
- catalog description "The household. Culture on the Brandywine ; Reproducing the farm family ; Farm household labor ; The social geography of dependency -- The marketplace. The economics of the butter trade ; Churns and butter-making technology ; Rural domestic economy ; Esther Lewis : biography of a farm woman -- The public sphere. "Centre then, O my soul" : ministering mothers ; "Not only ours but others" : teaching daughters ; "True earnest workers" : reforming sisters.".
- catalog extent "xv, 271 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300033664 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1986".
- catalog issued "c1986.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Middle Atlantic States Rural conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Middle Atlantic States".
- catalog spatial "United States History 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States History 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "305.4/2/0974 19".
- catalog subject "Farm life United States History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "HQ1438.A12 J46 1986".
- catalog subject "Rural women Middle Atlantic States History.".
- catalog subject "Women in agriculture Middle Atlantic States History.".
- catalog subject "Women in public life Middle Atlantic States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The household. Culture on the Brandywine ; Reproducing the farm family ; Farm household labor ; The social geography of dependency -- The marketplace. The economics of the butter trade ; Churns and butter-making technology ; Rural domestic economy ; Esther Lewis : biography of a farm woman -- The public sphere. "Centre then, O my soul" : ministering mothers ; "Not only ours but others" : teaching daughters ; "True earnest workers" : reforming sisters.".
- catalog title "Loosening the bonds : Mid-Atlantic farm women, 1750-1850 / Joan M. Jensen.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".