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A Family of Women: The Carolina Petigrus in Peace and War
Contributor(s): Pease, Jane H. (Author), Pease, William H. (Author)

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 ISBN: 1469613808     ISBN-13: 9781469613802
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
OUR PRICE: $40.38  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - 19th Century
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Dewey: 305.409
LCCN: 99-12599
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" L (1.25 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
- Cultural Region - Deep South
- Cultural Region - South Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region - South
- Geographic Orientation - South Carolina
 
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Publisher Description:
The often-stereotyped belles and matrons of the nineteenth-century South emerge as diverse personalities in this compelling account of three generations of women from a South Carolina family whose fate rose and fell with the fortunes of the state. Through vivid, interwoven life stories, the book offers a unique perspective on how these women conducted their lives, shared personal triumphs and defeats, endured the deprivations and despair of civil war, and experienced a social revolution.

A Family of Women focuses on the female descendants of Louise Gibert Pettigrew (later changed to Petigru), who rose from upcountry obscurity to privileged prominence in Charleston and on low country plantations, where they variously flourished as belles, managed large households, shocked society with their unconventionality, educated their children, endured troubled marriages, and maintained close family ties. Using the letters, diaries, novels, and memoirs of the Petigru women and the material culture surrounding them, the authors weave a complex story of women well worth knowing.


Contributor Bio(s): Pease, Jane H.: - Jane H. Pease is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Maine and an associate in history at the College of Charleston.Pease, William H.: - William H. Pease is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Maine and an associate in history at the College of Charleston.
 
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