Gentleman's Daughter Women's Lives in Georgian England

Name: Gentleman's Daughter Women's Lives in Georgian England
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ISBN: 9780300080025

ISBN-10: 0300080026

ISBN-13: 9780300080025

Edition: 1998

Authors: Amanda Vickery

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Based on a study of the letters, diaries and account books of over 100 women from commercial, professional and gentry families, mainly in provincial England, this book provides an account of the lives of genteel women in Georgian times.

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 7/11/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Acknowledgements
Note on the Text
Map
Introduction	p. 1
Gentility	p. 13
Love and Duty	p. 39
Fortitude and Resignation	p. 87
Prudent Economy	p. 127
Elegance	p. 161
Civility and Vulgarity	p. 195
Propriety	p. 225
Conclusion	p. 285
Abbreviations	p. 295
Notes to the Text	p. 296
Research Design and Sources	p. 352
Biographical Index	p. 354
Members of the Parker Family	p. 383
The Social Networks Database	p. 385
Elizabeth Shackleton's Servant Information Network, 1770-1781	p. 387
Purchasers of Parker Rabies Medicine, 1767-1777	p. 390
Tables	p. 394
Select Bibliography	p. 397
List of Plates and Acknowledgements	p. 415
Index	p. 418
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