Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England 1650-1750

About this title:

"This enthralling work of scholarship strips away abstractions to reveal the hidden--and not always stoic--face of the "goodwives" of colonial America. In these pages we encounter the awesome burdens--and the considerable power--of a New England housewife's domestic life and witness her occasional forays into the world of men. We see her borrowing from her neighbors, loving her husband, raising--and, all too often, mourning--her children, and even attaining fame as a heroine of frontier conflicts or notoriety as a murderess. Painstakingly researched, lively with scandal and homely detail, Good Wives is history at its best."

Product Details:

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage; Reissue edition (June 4, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0679732578
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0679732570
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.24 x 0.72 x 7.98 inches