Defining gender, 1450-1910
Publisher: Adam Matthew Publications
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Etiquette; Sources; History; Sex role in literature; Women; Conduct of life; Social conditions; Families; English Authors; Political and social views; English Didactic literature; Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Bodleian Library; Manuscript (Bodleian Library)
Other titles: Defining gender online; Five centuries of advice literature online
Description: "Ephemera, pamphlets, college records and exam papers, commonplace books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, account books, educational practice and pedagogy, government papers from the Home Office and Metropolitan police, illustrated writings on anatomy, midwifery, art and fashion, manuscript journals, poetry, novels, ballads, drama, receipt books, literary manuscripts, travel writing, and conduct and advice literature."
Notes: This resource is available only to current faculty, staff and students of Columbia University.

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Table of contents: title: Section 1.; title: Conduct and politeness -- -- Section 2.; title: Domesticity and the family -- -- Section 3.; title: Consumption and leisure -- -- Section 4.; title: Education and sensibility -- -- Section 5.; title: The body.