The Limits of Patriarchy

by Laura Stark

In the mid-19th century, letters to newspapers in Finland began to condemn a practice known as home thievery, in which farm mistresses pilfered goods from their farms to sell behind the farm master's back. Why did farm mistresses engage home thievery and why were writers so harsh in their disapproval of it? Why did many men in their letters nonetheless sympathize with women's pilfering? What opinions did farm daughters express? This book explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9522223271
• ISBN13: 9789522223272
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Suomen Kirjallisuuden Seura
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"