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A woman's kingdom : noblewomen and the control of property in Russia, 1700-1861
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- Creator
- Michelle Lamarche Marrese
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2002]
- ©2002
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 276 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780801439117, 0801439116
- OCLC
- ocm48515570
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-269) and index.
- From maintenance to entitlement : women and the law of inheritance -- The enigma of married women's control of property -- Marriage and the practice of separate property -- A desiatina of her own : gender and the culture of noble property -- The culture of giving : women, men, and testamentary behavior -- The pomeshchitsa, absent and present : women and estate management -- Women and the legal process