Ebb Tide in New England: Women, Seaports, and Social Change, 1630-1800
- ISBN-10
- 155553337X
- ISBN-13
- 9781555533373
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 333
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- UPNE
- Author
- Elaine Forman Crane
Description
The status of women in four New England seaports during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is thoroughly documented in this illuminating work.
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