A woman's kingdom : noblewomen and the control of property in Russia, 1700-1861 /
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| Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
c2002.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.