Gentlewomen and Learned Ladies - Women and Elite Formation in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia

This study explores womenOs central involvement in the creation of an elite class in colonial Philadelphia. It shows how major mercantile families adopted an English model of class identity and adapted it to the realities of colonial life in the mid-Atlantic region.

About the author

Sarah Fatherly is associate professor of history and chair of the Integrative Studies Program at Otterbein University.

Summary

This study explores womenOs central involvement in the creation of an elite class in colonial Philadelphia. It shows how major mercantile families adopted an English model of class identity and adapted it to the realities of colonial life in the mid-Atlantic region.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Fatherly
• Publisher: University Press Copublishing Division
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781611460476
• ISBN: 978-1-61146-047-6
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 254 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 485 g
• Series: Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World; Studies in the Eighteenth Century and the Atlantic World; Studies in the Eighteenth Cent; Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World; Studies in the Eighteenth Cent; Studies in Eighteenth-Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works