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Table of Contents:

• Introduction. "London in Miniature"
• 1. "Trade, Riches and Power"
• 2. Alliances and Adornments
• 3. "The Education of a Woman of Quality"
• 4. "The Diversities of Town and Country"
• 5. "Female Politicians"
• 6. The Challenges of Revolution.

Author/Creator:

Fatherly, Sarah, 1969-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Gentlewomen and learned ladies: women and elite formation in eighteenth-century Philadelphia [by Fatherly, S.]

Related Series:

Studies in eighteenth-century America and the Atlantic world

Subjects:

Women — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia — History — 18th century

Women — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia — Intellectual life — 18th century

Women — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia — Political activity — History — 18th century

Upper class women — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia — History — 18th century

Elite (Social sciences) — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia — History — 18th century

Social classes — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia — History — 18th century

Philadelphia (Pa.) — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Philadelphia (Pa.) — Social conditions — 18th century

Philadelphia (Pa.) — Intellectual life — 18th century

Philadelphia (Pa.) — Politics and government — 18th century

1600-1799

Women — Intellectual life

Women — Political activity

Upper class women

Elite (Social sciences)

Social classes

Social conditions

Intellectual life

Politics and government

Women

Pennsylvania — Philadelphia

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index.

Physical Description:

244 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Call Numbers:

HQ1439.P5 F38 2008

ISBNs:

9780934223942 (alk. paper)
0934223947 (alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2008008702

OCLC Numbers:

213358038