TY - BOOK AU - Marrese,Michelle Lamarche TI - A Woman's Kingdom: Noblewomen and the Control of Property in Russia, 1700-1861 SN - 9781501728518 AV - HQ1662 .W663 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Women landowners KW - Russia KW - History KW - Inheritance and succession KW - Women KW - Electronic Books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; 2; 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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1903398&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -