Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia
- ISBN-10
- 0807846236
- ISBN-13
- 9780807846230
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 496
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Kathleen M. Brown
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Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia
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