This enthralling work of scholarship strips away abstractions to reveal the hidden--and not always stoic--face of the "goodwives" of colonial America. In these pages we encounter the awesome burdens--and the considerable power--of a New England housewife's domestic life and witness her occasional forays into the world of men. We see her borrowing from her neighbors, loving her husband, raising--and, all too often, mourning--her children, and even attaining fame as a heroine of frontier conflicts or notoriety as a murderess. Painstakingly researched, lively with scandal and homely detail, Good Wives is history at its best.
1100619618
Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750
This enthralling work of scholarship strips away abstractions to reveal the hidden--and not always stoic--face of the "goodwives" of colonial America. In these pages we encounter the awesome burdens--and the considerable power--of a New England housewife's domestic life and witness her occasional forays into the world of men. We see her borrowing from her neighbors, loving her husband, raising--and, all too often, mourning--her children, and even attaining fame as a heroine of frontier conflicts or notoriety as a murderess. Painstakingly researched, lively with scandal and homely detail, Good Wives is history at its best.
10.99
In Stock
5
1
Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750
336Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750
336Related collections and offers
10.99
In Stock
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780307772978 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 12/29/2010 |
Sold by: | Random House |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 336 |
Sales rank: | 446,745 |
File size: | 7 MB |
About the Author
From the B&N Reads Blog