Female alliances : gender, identity, and friendship in early modern Britain / Amanda E. Herbert.

"In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, cultural, economic, and political changes, as well as increased geographic mobility, placed strains upon British society. But by cultivating friendships and alliances, women worked to socially cohere Britain and its colonies. In the first book...

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Main Author: Herbert, Amanda E.
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.
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Physical Description:xi, 256 pages.
Format: Book

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