Women's Agency in Early Modern Britain and the American Colonies: Patriarchy, Partnership and Patronage

by Rosemary O'Day

Women in early modern Britain and colonial America were not the weak husband- and father-dominated characters of popular myth. Quite the reverse, strong women were the norm. They exercised considerable influence as important agents in the social, economic, religious and cultural life of their societies.

This book shows how women on both sides of the Atlantic, while accepting a patriarchal system with all its advantages and disadvantages,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582294630
• ISBN13: 9780582294639
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"