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Tables of Contents for In the Affairs of the World
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
12
``They Who Want to Go Quickly, Go to Carolina'': Settling the South Carolina Low Country
13
24
``A Brilliant Society'': Creating a Provincial Aristocracy
37
30
``The Scene of Our Happiness and Miseries'': Gender Relations in the Low Country
67
40
``The Most Industrious Sex in That Place'': Popular Perceptions of Women in Low Country Society
107
28
``By Order of Madam'': Women and Property in the Low Country
135
28
``Just the Thing That Suits My Genius'': Women and Patriarchy in the Low Country
163
24
Conclusion
187
8
Bibliography
195
18
Index
213