| Accounting for Affection: Mothering and Politics in Early Modern Rome 2015 Edition Contributor(s): Castiglione, C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230203310 ISBN-13: 9780230203310 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Italy - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Modern - 17th Century |
| Dewey: 306.850 |
| LCCN: 2014049656 |
| Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (1.27 lbs) 315 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Accounting for Affection examines the multifaceted nature of early modern motherhood by focusing on the ideas and strategies of Roman aristocratic mothers during familial conflict. Illuminating new approaches to the maternal and the familial employed by such women, it demonstrates how interventions gained increasing favor in early modern Rome. |