Catharine Beecher: a study in American domesticity

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
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• Introduction (page xi)
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• Part I: A Calvinist Girlhood, 1800-1823
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  • 1. His Powerful Influence, 1800-1809 (page 3)
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  • 2. Sociality, 1809-1821 (page 15)
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  • 3. Handling Edge-Tools, 1821-1822 (page 28)
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  • 4. Brow of Iron, 1823 (page 43)
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• Part II: Career Beginnings, 1823-1831
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  • 5. A Source of Earthly Good, 1823-1829 (page 59)
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  • 6. The Rule of Rectitude, 1829-1831 (page 78)
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  • 7. Modes of Moral Influence, 1829-1831 (page 90)
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• Part III: Achievement and Retrenchment, 1832-1843
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  • 8. So Fair a Prospect, 1832-1835 (page 107)
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  • 9. The Storms of Democratic Liberty, 1835-1837 (page 122)
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  • 10. Pretty Thoroughly Metaphysicated, 1837-1843 (page 138)
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• Part IV: Nation-Building, 1843-1856
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  • 11. The Building of a Glorious Temple, 1843 (page 151)
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  • 12. Education at the West, 1843-1847 (page 168)
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  • 13. An Outgoing of Heart, 1847-1850 (page 184)
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  • 14. Protective Customs, 1855 (page 204)
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  • 15. A Kind of Lady Abbess, 1849-1856 (page 217)
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• Part V: Resolution and Retirement, 1850-1878
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  • 16. The Intimacy and Familiarity of Sisterhood, 1850-1857 (page 229)
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  • 17. The Grand Law of the System, 1857-1864 (page 244)
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  • 18. A Trunk without a Label, 1864-1878 (page 258)
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• Notes (page 277)
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• Bibliography (page 331)
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• Index (page 345)
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