Publication

1987 - University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

75,250 words, Guess

Page Count

301 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • LibraryThing364400

Classifications

  • DDC305.4/2/097471
  • LCCHD6096.N6 S8 1987

Description

This highly original work takes a close look at working-class women in early 19th century New York, and shows both the strengths and vulnerabilities of this 'city of women'. Describing the specific moral and economic circumstances of individual female lives, the author makes vivid historical sense of what until now has been obscured by generalization, abstraction, and oversimplification.--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • City of womenUniversity of Illinois Press1987

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