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Loosening the bonds : Mid-Atlantic farm women, 1750-1850 by Joan M. Jensen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Loosening the bonds : Mid-Atlantic farm women, 1750-1850 about?

The first book to investigate the rich and complex lives of rural women during the late colonial and early national periods. Jensen focuses on women in the Philadelphia hinterland and shows how they became an essential part of that area’s rise to agricultural prominence. Examining not only the Quakers, who formed the dominant group in the region, but also black and other ethnic groups, Jensen offers fascinating details on the ways farm women functioned in the varied spheres of their lives. Her book makes a major contribution to women’s history.

Who reads Loosening the bonds : Mid-Atlantic farm women, 1750-1850?

Author

Joan M. Jensen

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300156799

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, Gender Studies, Social_sciences