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Author:

Moore, Wendy, 1952-

Title:

How to create the perfect wife : Britain's most ineligible bachelor and his enlightened quest to train the ideal mate / Wendy Moore.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

vii, 343 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Day, Thomas,--1748-1789.
Authors, English--18th century.
Marriage--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-332) and index.

Summary:

Wendy Moore's exploration of British writer Thomas Day's mission to groom his ideal mate captures the radicalism--and deep contradictions-- at the heart of the Enlightenment.

ISBN:

0465065740 (hbk.)
9780465065745 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)811598779

LCCN:

2012048149

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)