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The Little Republic: Masculinity and Domestic Authority in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Karen Harvey · 2012

122,247 words · about 8 h 34 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Karen Harvey
Language
English
Published
2012
Length
122,247 words · about 8 h 34 min
Sections
5 reader sections
Text
Digital text
Rights
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 · repository export licence (OAPEN)

 

Contents (5)
  1. Front matter about 5 min
  2. Contents about 3 min
  3. Introduction about 2 h 24 min
  4. Conclusion about 4 h 34 min
  5. SECTION III. MASTERS anp SERVANTS about 1 h 27 min

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Front matter

OXFORD

EME LITICE REPUBLIC

Masculinity & Domestic Authority in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Contents

List of Illustrations xi 1. Introduction 1 2. The Language of Oeconomy 24 3. Words into Practice 64 4. Keeping House 99 5. Identity and Authority 134 6. Conclusion: Oeconomy and the Reproduction of Patriarchy 169 Bibliography 191 Index 209

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