| Colonial Dames and Good Wives Contributor(s): Earle, Alice Morse (Author) |
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ISBN: 1432613588 ISBN-13: 9781432613587 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $45.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: 1895. Earle's historical research and writing emphasized the homely details of everyday life-manners, customs, handicrafts-rather than the world of politics and affairs, and her popular exposition of her findings helped spark a renewal of public interest in the American past. Contents: Consorts and Relicts; Women of Affairs; Double-Tongued and Naughty Women; Boston Neighbors; A Fearful Female Traveler; Two Colonial Adventuresses; The Universal Friend; Eighteenth-Century Manners; Their Amusements and Accomplishments; Daughters of Liberty; A Revolutionary Housewife; and Fireside Industries. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism - History | United States - 21st Century |
| Dewey: 973.2 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.41 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |