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An edition of Southern Single Blessedness (2005)

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University of Illinois Press
Language
English
Pages
220

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Subjects
History, Single women, Social conditions, Women, Women, united states, history
Places
Charleston, Georgia, Savannah, South Carolina, Southern States
Times
19th century

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Cover of: Southern Single Blessedness
Southern Single Blessedness: Unmarried Women in the Urban South, 1800-1865 (Women in American History)
January 2, 2006, University of Illinois Press
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Southern single blessedness: unmarried women in the urban South, 1800-1865
2005, University of Illinois Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: "More purity and active goodness"
"Upon those shady banks
to stand and view the busy world" : unmarried women's antebellum Savannah and Charleston
"A glory such as marriage never gave" : the literature and ideology of urban southern single blessedness
"At home where I am a very important personage" : dutiful daughters, single sisters, and maiden aunts
"To know that you still love me" : female friends and female friendships
"Seeking an extensive sphere of usefulness" : women's benevolence in antebellum Savannah and Charleston"
"Such a strong personal love of the old place" : enclaves undone in Civil War Charleston and Savannah.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Urbana
Series
Women in American history

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.81/53/0975/09034
Library of Congress
HQ1438.S63 C37 2005, HQ1438.S63 C37 2006, HQ1438.S63C37 2005

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
220

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OL3395174M
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southernsinglebl0000cart
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0252030117
ISBN 13
9780252030116
LCCN
2005006667
OCLC/WorldCat
58456961
Library Thing
8608222
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477247

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