A Life of Propriety: Anne Murray Powell and Her Family, 1755-1849 by Katherine M.J McKenna ISBN 13: 9780773511750

Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 327pp., index, biblio., MQUP infernal endnotes, ill., genealogical tables on endpapers. "Anne Murray Powell was born to a middle-class English family in 1765. She was neither famous nor unusually talented, but her story embodies the values of her time, place, and class. Katherine McKenna's biography, based on an extensive collection of letters and papers, shows how the three distinct environments in which Powell and her family lived - England, New England, and Upper Canada - were shaped by important aspects of late eighteenth-century and early Victorian society. During this period distinctions between the public and the private realm grew large, with increasingly separate roles for men and women. Changes in cultural values concerning gender, ideals about family relationships, and ideas of the appropriate role for women brought uncertainty,… Read More

Montreal - Kingston: McGill Queens University Press, 1994. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. 327 pages in excellent condition. Illustrated. Family tree on the endpapers. Blue hardcovers with silver titles on the spine. Corners not bumped. White/blue, illustrated DJ with white titles. Almost no wear. FINE/NEAR FINE. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

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