About this title: Here are the true and dramatic accounts of two nineteenth-century Brazilian women - one young and born a slave, the other old and from an illustrious planter family - and how each sought to retain control of their lives: the slave woman struggling to avoid an unwanted husband; the woman of privilege assuming a patriarch's role to endow a family of her former slaves with the means for a free life. But these women's stories cannot be told without also recalling how their decisions drew them ever more firmly into the orbits of the worldly and influential men who exercised power in their lives. ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780521893534ISBN:0521893534
Description: Good. Moderate cover wear with scuffing to edges. Moderate markings and underlining on pages. Stickers on back. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780521893534ISBN:0521893534
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very-good condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated. NO tears inside book. 183 pages. Covers are clean (NO tears). 29 pages show light writing. Does NOT interfere with reading. Synopsis Two nineteenth-century Brazilian women struggle to lead a life on their own terms. Booknews In the first story, a young woman newly emancipated refuses to marry at her former owner's instruction. In the second, a wealthy matriarch tries ... read more
Edition: reprint.
Binding: orig. wrappers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: (2006)
Description: Minor rubbing. VG. 23x15cm, xxii, 183 pp., PAPERBACK. "Here are the true and dramatic accounts of two nineteenth-century Brazilian women-one young and born a slave, the other old and from an illustrious planter family-and how each sought to retain control of their lives: the slave woman struggling to avoid an unwanted husband; the woman of privilege assuming a patriarch's role to endow a family of her former slaves with the means for a free life. But these women's stories cannot be told without ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780521815321ISBN:0521815320
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9.33 by.75 inches. (208 pages) two ni*n*e*t*eenth-century brazilian women struggle to lead a life on their own terms. two ni*n*e*t*eenth-century brazilian women-one young and born a slave, the other old and from an illustrious family-fight against the men in their lives. through these small histories lauderdale graham casts new light on larger meanings of slave and free, female and male. two ni*n*e*t*eenth-century brazilian women-one young and born a slave, the other old and ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2002-09-16
ISBN-13:9780521893534ISBN:0521893534
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780521893534ISBN:0521893534
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 208 p. New Approaches to the Americas. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2002-09-16
ISBN-13:9780521893534ISBN:0521893534
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780521893534ISBN:0521893534
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Fine. A clean, unmarked copy. Binding firm and square. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 208 p. New Approaches to the Americas. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: New. Two nineteenth-century Brazilian women-one young and born a slave, the other old and from an illustrious family-fight against the men in their lives. Through these small histories Lauderdale Graham casts new light on larger meanings of slave and free, female and male. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521893534ISBN:0521893534
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