City of Women: Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1800
by Stansell, Christine
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 039451534X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394515342
- Seller
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High Point, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ has general shelf wear and edge wear inclcuding closed tears and some small creases. Signed by author (initials) on ffep with additional inscription. ; Shows how a new concept of womanhood took shape in New York during the early national period as middle-class women constituted themselves moral guardians of families and the nation, and poor working women were subverting strict notions of woman's place and woman's nature. ; 9.5" tall; 301 pages; Signed by Author.
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- Bookseller
- Cat's Cradle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4450095
- Title
- City of Women: Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1800
- Author
- Stansell, Christine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 039451534X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394515342
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- HISTORY, UNITED STATES, AMERICA, NEW YORK, WOMEN, CLASS
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Americana;
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- Jacket
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