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Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750
by Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good, very good
- ISBN 10
- 039451940X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394519401
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Item Price
$45.00$33.75
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. First? Printing. very good, very good. 296, illus., maps, notes, bibliographic essay, index, DJ slightly worn and soiled, slight wear to DJ edges. This important work challenges simple, linear explanations of the history of women by revealing the persistence of themes, such as the magnification of motherhood, the idealization of conjugal love, and the elevation of female religiosity, from the Puritan to the Revolutionary eras.
Synopsis
Little Women (or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy) is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, it was published in two parts in 1868 and 1869. The novel follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March—and is loosely based on the author's childhood experiences with her three sisters.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48795
- Title
- Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750
- Author
- Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First? Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039451940X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394519401
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- New England, Gender Studies, Captivity, Motherhood, Anne Bradstreet, Childbirth, Hannah Duston, Witchcraft, Women's Studies
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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