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City of women, sex and class in New York, 1789-1860, Christine Stansell

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City of women, sex and class in New York, 1789-1860, Christine Stansell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-283) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

City of women

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliographystatistics

Oclc number

822228940

Responsibility statement

Christine Stansell

Sub title

sex and class in New York, 1789-1860

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Part One. Precarious dependencies : Women in the Republican city, 1789-1820 : Female work and poverty -- Tbe problem of dependency : men and women, rich and poor -- Part Two. The politics of sociability, 1820-1850 : Women in the neighborhoods -- Places of vice : views of the neighborhoods -- Women and men -- Part Three. Wage work : Harrowing truths : Manufactuging work -- Women and the labor movement -- Domestic service -- Part Four. The politics of the streets, 1850-1860 : Women on the town : Sexual exchange and prostitution -- The uses of the streets -- Conclusion

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