Reconstructing the Household
Author | : Peter Winthrop Bardaglio |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015034884604 |
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Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Reconstructing the Household written by Peter Winthrop Bardaglio and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on literary and legal sources, this study reveals how legal contests involving women, children, African-Americans, and the poor of the 19th-century South led to a rethinking of families, sexuality, and the social order.