Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs : Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia
Overview - Kathleen Brown examines the origins of racism and slavery in British North America from the perspective of gender. Both a basic social relationship and a model for other social hierarchies, gender helped determine the construction of racial categories and the institution of slavery in Virginia. Read more...
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Overview
Kathleen Brown examines the origins of racism and slavery in British North America from the perspective of gender. Both a basic social relationship and a model for other social hierarchies, gender helped determine the construction of racial categories and the institution of slavery in Virginia.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780807846230
- ISBN-10: 0807846236
- Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
- Publish Date: November 1996
- Page Count: 512
- Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.27 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American Hist
Related Categories
Books > History > United States - State & Local - General
Books > Social Science > Gender Studies
Books > History > United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775)