Parlor politics: in which the ladies of washington help build a city and a government
Auteur :
Allgor, Catherine
Éditeur :
University of Virginia Press
ISBN :
9780813921181
Date de publication :
1 mars 2002
Dimensions :
23,1 x 15,4 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
510 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Catherine Allgor describes the various ways genteel elite women during the first decades of the 19th century used "social events" and the "private sphere" to establish the national capital and to build the extraofficial structures so sorely needed in the infant federal government.