The Empire of the Mother: American Writing about Domesticity, 1830-1860

• DOI: 10.2307/3122631
• Publication Date: 2006-05-08T22:37:15Z
• Authors: Janet E. Kaufman; Mary P. Ryan

Contents Introduction: In Domestic Captivity: A Decade in the Historiography of Women Chapter I: From Patriarchal Household to Feminine Domesticity II: Tying Maternal Knot: 1830-1850 III: Beyond and Against Domesticity: Reform Associations Communal Societies 1830s '40s IV: Imperial Isolation: Advice Literature 1850s V: The Tears Trials Women's Fiction Conclusion: Dismantling Empire Mother References Index