1. Edition - February 2011
65.90 Euro
2011. 216 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1-4443-3117-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-3117-2 - John Wiley & Sons






Sample Chapter

Detailed description
Women in American History To 1880 presents a collection of over 70 primary source documents that illuminate the diverse experiences of women from America's colonial period through Reconstruction.
* Features images, poems, newspaper articles, and letters not found in other collections
* Offers a balanced approach to women's experiences by representing a diversity of voices and focusing on themes of work, citizenship, representations, and domestic lives
* Includes an introductory chapter, document headnotes, questions for further discussion after each chapter, and a bibliography for further study, designed to encourage students to engage with the text

From the contents
List of Illustrations

Series Editors' Preface

Source Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Seekers, 1540-1680

2. Colonists and Colonized, 1680-1730

3. Conceptions of Liberty, 1730-1780

4. Revolution, 1780-1810

5. Awakenings, 1810-1835

6. Contested Spheres, 1835-1845

7. Partisans, 1845-1860

8. Civil Wars

9. Redefining Citizenship, 1865-1880

Further Reading

Index