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Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia - Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Kathleen M. Brown New edition
Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia - Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Kathleen M. Brown
The origins of racism and slavery in British North America from the perspective of gender are examined in this book. The author argues that gender was both a basic social relationship and a model for other social hierarchies, and assesses its role in the construction of racism in Virginia.
584 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 25, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807846230 |
| Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Pages | 512 |
| Dimensions | 235 × 156 × 32 mm · 748 g |
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