Being Good: Women's Moral Values in Early America
by Saxton, Martha
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374110115
- ISBN 13
- 9780374110116
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hill and Wang, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/fine. x, 388 p.; 24 cm. Brown and yellow cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Gift inscription from the author on front free endpaper dated 3/19/03. The author examines the innate conflict between the popular view of women as weak and helpless while whey were also considered the keepers of the new nation's moral compass. She compares specific experiences in Massachusetts, Virginia, and St. Louis, Missouri. Book is Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Fine Condition: clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007955
- Title
- Being Good: Women's Moral Values in Early America
- Author
- Saxton, Martha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0374110115
- ISBN 13
- 9780374110116
- Publisher
- Hill and Wang
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Women's History & Biography;
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