Faulkner, Carol (ed.) Women in American History to 1880 A Documentary Reader Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History
  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
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