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Beyond the Household Womend Place in the Early South, 1700-1835
Cynthia A. Kierner
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
Ithaca and London
Copyright© 1998 by Cornell University Portions of Chapter 2 appeared previously as "Hospitality, Sociability, and Gender in the Southern Colonies," JournaL of Southern Hidtory 62 (August 1996): 449--80. Material in Chapters 2 and 4 appeared in "Genteel Balls and Republican Parades: Gender and Early Southern Civic Rituals, 1677-1826," Virginia Magazine of Hid tory and Biography 104 (Spring 1996): 185-210. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 1998 by Cornell University Press. First printing, Cornell Paperbacks, 1998. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kierner, Cynthia A., 1958Beyond the household: women's place in the early South, 1700-1835 I Cynthia A. Kierner. p. em. Includes index. ISBN 0-8014-3453-X (hardcover: alk. paper). -ISBN 0-8014-8462-6 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Women in public life-Southern States-History. 2. WomenSouthern States- History. I. Title. HQ139l.U5K55 1998 305.42'0975-DC21 98-22999 Printed in the United States of America Cornell University Press strives to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the fullest extent possible in the publishing of its books. Such materials include vegetablebased, low-VOC inks and acid-free papers that are recycled, totally chlorine-free, or partly composed of nonwood fibers. Cloth printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Paperback printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
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