Marrese, Michelle Lamarche. <br/><br/>
A Woman's Kingdom  Noblewomen and the Control of Property in Russia, 1700-1861. 

 - Ithaca :  Cornell University Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource (293 pages) 
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; A WOMAN'S KINGDOM; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Glossary; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; ONE From Maintenance to Entitlement: Women and the Law of Inheritance; TWO The Enigma of Married Women's Control of Property; THREE Marriage and the Practice of Separate Property; FOUR A Desiatina of Her Own: Gender and the Culture of Noble Property; FIVE The Culture of Giving: Women, Men, and Testamentary Behavior; SIX The Pomeshchitsa, Absent and Present: Women and Estate Management; SEVEN Women and the Legal Process; Conclusion Appendix 1 A Note on Sources: The Krepostnye KnigiAppendix 2 Kinship of Litigants in Inheritance Disputes Involving Noblewomen, 1700-1861; Bibliography; Index 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501728518 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women landowners--History.--Russia<br/>Inheritance and succession--History.--Russia<br/>Women--History.--Russia
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1662  / .W663 2018