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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	2008
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
ISBN:	9780773533899
EAN-Code:	9780773533899
Verlag:	Mcgill-Queen's University Press
Einband:	Gebunden
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 229 mm / B 152 mm / D 0 mm
Gewicht:	452 gr
Seiten:	224
Illustration:	20 b&w photos 5 maps
Bewertung:	Titel bewerten / Meinung schreiben

Inhalt:

As absentee owners of large estates, each of the four women faced challenges from those who wanted land redistributed in freehold lots to actual settlers. Their individual management strategies were determined in part by class standing and marital status, as well as individual eccentricities and prejudices. Drawing on family and official papers, Rusty Bittermann and Margaret McCallum provide engaging portraits of these women - orphaned heiress, prudent wife and property manager, countess estranged from her husband, independent spinster - as they negotiated relations of power and privilege in a domain dominated by men. Lady Landlords of Prince Edward Island is a compelling narrative that provides a unique perspective on landed society in England in the age of industrialization and reform, making an important contribution to trans-Atlantic, British social, legal, and women's histories.