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Women in eighteenth-century America : a study of opinion and social usage / by Mary Sumner Benson, Ph.D.

Title
Women in eighteenth-century America : a study of opinion and social usage / by Mary Sumner Benson, Ph.D.
Author
Benson, Mary Sumner, 1903-
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press ; London : P. S. King, 1935.

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Additional Authors
  • Columbia University. Press publisher.
  • P.S. King & Son, Ltd. publisher.
Description
343 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in history, economics, and public law ; no. 405.
Uniform Title
Studies in history, economics, and public law no. 405..
Subject
  • 1700-1799
  • Geschichte 1701
  • Literature, Modern > 18th century > History and criticism
  • Women > United States > History
  • Women > United States > Social conditions
  • Women in literature
  • Women's rights > United States
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History
Note
  • Issued also as thesis (Ph.D) Columbia University.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 317-333.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface -- Early European sources of American opinion -- European theory from 1700 to 1775 -- European influence after the revolution -- Early development of American theory -- Theory and practice after the revolution -- The close of the century -- Women in early American literature -- Women in law, politics, and the church -- Individual observations and experiences -- Conclusion -- Bibliographical essay -- Appendix A -- Index.
LCCN
^^^35006356^
OCLC
1015530
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library