Description
About the Author
Since receiving her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2009, Eleanor Hubbard has been an assistant professor in the history department of Princeton University, where she specializes in the social and cultural history of early modern Britain.
Reviews
This book deserves a wide audience and should become a staple on university reading lists in English and history courses. * H-Albion *
impressive in the depth of its archival research, sophistication of it quantitative analyses, and inventive in its collective biography. It will be both a major intervention in its field and an indispensable resource for scholars. * Best Book on Women and Gender 2012 Prize Committee, Society for the Study of Early Modern Women *
This highly readable monograph by Eleanor Hubbard is a first-rate addition to a historiography that has sought to understand how the rigid gender ideals evidenced in early modern prescriptive literature affected ordinary people. * Fiona Williamson, European History Quarterly *
Hubbard does an excellent job of drawing out individual voices and stories from the records; combined with a very attractive prose style and well-presented figures and tables, these make this an uncommonly accessible book. * Margaret R. Hunt, History Workshop Journal *
This is a beautifully written and wide-ranging monograph with useful new quantitative and qualitative material on various aspects of women's lives ... it leaves the reader wanting to know more about the lives of early modern women. * Tim Reinke-Williams, Journal of the Northern Renaissance *
City Women is an engrossing monograph that brings the communities of early modern London to life, and makes a valuable contribution to urban, gender, and family history. * Catriona M. Macleod, Family & Community History *
Awards
Winner of Best Book on Women and Gender 2012, Awarded by the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women.
Book Information
ISBN 9780199609345
Author Eleanor Hubbard
Format Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 635g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 164mm * 24mm