The Prospect Before Her: A History of Women in Western Europe, 1500-1800 - Hardcover
How did women in 16th century western Europe cope with the consequences of being considered inherently sinful--as well as being legally and economically subordinate to their fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons? What might become of a woman unable to raise a dowry? What were the difficulties faced by spinsters, single mothers, and widows? In this brilliant investigation into the lives of women from all social strata, Hufton leads us from poor-house to palazzo, from cradle to grave, illuminating what it meant to be female in western Europe during the years 1500 to 1800.
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"A major effort at synthesis...Ms. Hufton has a keen eye for the extraordinary interest in ordinary detail."--New York Times Book Review
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Hufton, one of the pioneers of women's studies and a highly respected historian, here investigates the prospects of a female child in the period 1500-1800, including marriage, spinsterhood, widowhood, or single motherhood, with such "careers" as silk worker, sausage maker, wet nurse, and prostitute. By 1800, women were beginning to protest the constraints on their lives. (LJ 11/15/96)
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- PublisherKnopf
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0517480867
- ISBN 13 9780517480861
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages638
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The Prospect Before Her, A History of Women in Western Europe; Vol. 1, 1500 - 1800
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996, New York
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Book Description Yellow Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American. Yellow Cloth. As New/Fine. First American. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 636 pages; 21 p. index; 50 p. bibliograph; 46 illustrations; from the dj: "Rich, poor, aristocrat in an Italian palazzo, peasant in a German forest hut or citified wife of a Dutch burgher, a woman's life during these centuries was--as Hufton shows in a portrait both close up and panoramic--shaped in the profoundest sense in the same way. The apparent strength--land, wealth, power and prestige--lay almost exclusively in the hands of men, but Hutton also makes clear just how much men and women worked together and--without thinking of it in those terms, or for the most part being aware of it at all--just how much women were able to influence and control." Book weighs circa 2.4 pounds. Seller Inventory # 001825
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