Women, Work, and Family in the Antebellum Mountain South |
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| Author:
| Dunaway, Wilma A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-88619-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $94.99 |
Book Description:
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This is the first study of 19th-century Appalachian women. Wilma A. Dunaway moves beyond the black-white dichotomy and the preoccupation with affluent females, and argues that the nature of a woman's work was determined by her race, ethnicity, and/or class positions.
This is the first study of 19th-century Appalachian women. Wilma A. Dunaway moves beyond the black-white dichotomy and the preoccupation with affluent females, and argues that the nature of a woman's work was determined by her race, ethnicity, and/or class positions.