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When gossips meet women, family, and neighbourhood in early modern England /
Aimed at social and cultural historians, this is an exploration of how women of the poorer and middling sorts in early Modern England negotiated a patriarchal culture. It focuses on the networks of close friends ('gossips') which gave them a social identity beyond the narrowly domestic.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in social history.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view full text |
| Summary: | Aimed at social and cultural historians, this is an exploration of how women of the poorer and middling sorts in early Modern England negotiated a patriarchal culture. It focuses on the networks of close friends ('gossips') which gave them a social identity beyond the narrowly domestic. |
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| Item Description: | On-campus only: no User ID or password required |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 398 p.). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191719592 (ebook) : |