The free women of Petersburg: Status and culture in a southern town, 1784-1860 by Lebsock, Suzanne - 1984

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WW Norton & Co, 1984-02-15. Hardcover. Used: Good.

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NY: W.W. Norton, 1984. 1st printing; 326 clean, unmarked pages/index; dj w/unclipped price. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 vo.

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1984. Hardbound. VG. Burgundy cloth boards w/ gray illustrated DJ, [xx] 326pp, no illustrations. Focusing on Petersburg, Virginia, Professor Lebsock is able to demonstrate and explain how the status of women could change for the better in an antifeminist environment. She weaves the experiences of individual women together with general social trends, to show, for example, how women's lives were changing in response to the economy and the institutions of property ownership and slavery. By looking at what the Petersburg women did and thought and comparing their behavior with that of men, Lebsock discovers that they placed high value on economic security, on the personal, on the religious, and on the interests of other women. In a society committed to materialism, male dominance, and the maintenance of slavery, their influence was subversive. They operated from an alternative value system, indeed a distinct female culture.

Norton, 1984-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!