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On the sources of patriarchal rage : the commonplace books of William Byrd and Thomas Jefferson and the gendering of power in the Eighteenth Century

An examination of the misogynist writings in the commonplace books of William Byrd II and Thomas Jefferson. This work explores the structures, contexts and significance of these writings in the wider historical contexts of gender and power.
Print Book, English, 1993
New York U.P., New York, 1993
xi, 133 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9780814750896, 9780814750698, 0814750893, 0814750699
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