{"product_id":"women-in-early-america-thomas-a-foster-9781479890477","title":"Women in Early America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTells the fascinating stories of the myriad women who shaped the early modern North American world from the colonial era through the first years of the Republic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen in Early America\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Thomas A. Foster, goes beyond the familiar stories of Pocahontas or Abigail Adams, recovering the lives and experiences of lesser-known women--both ordinary and elite, enslaved and free, Indigenous and immigrant--who lived and worked in not only British mainland America, but also New Spain, New France, New Netherlands, and the West Indies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these essays we learn about the conditions that women faced during the Salem witchcraft panic and the Spanish Inquisition in New Mexico; as indentured servants in early Virginia and Maryland; caught up between warring British and Native Americans; as traders in New Netherlands and Detroit; as slave owners in Jamaica; as Loyalist women during the American Revolution; enslaved in the President's house; and as students and educators inspired by the air of equality in the young nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFoster showcases the latest research of junior and senior historians, drawing from recent scholarship informed by women's and gender history--feminist theory, gender theory, new cultural history, social history, and literary criticism. Collectively, these essays address the need for scholarship on women's lives and experiences. \u003ci\u003eWomen in Early America\u003c\/i\u003e heeds the call of feminist scholars to not merely reproduce male-centered narratives, \"add women, and stir,\" but to rethink master narratives themselves so that we may better understand how women and men created and developed our historical past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas A. Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479890472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479890477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015","brand":"Thomas A. Foster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985741086975,"sku":"9781479890477","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aee3589f-2818-488d-b4a0-0dad97190e9b.jpg?v=1683279288","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-in-early-america-thomas-a-foster-9781479890477","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}