The Jeffersons at Shadwell [electronic resource] / Susan Kern.
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TextSeries: Lamar series in western historyPublication details: London ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.Description: xi, 362 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): - Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Childhood and youth
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Birthplace
- Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757
- Jefferson, Jane, 1720-1776
- Plantation life -- Virginia -- Albemarle County -- History -- 18th century
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Virginia -- Albemarle County
- Shadwell (Va. : Plantation)
- Albemarle County (Va.) -- Antiquities
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- E332.25 .K37 2010eb
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral-College of William and Mary).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-344) and index.
Introduction -- The house: the material world of the Jeffersons at Shadwell -- The household: making women's work apparent -- The home quarter : material culture and status -- The field quarters: slave life and field work -- Plantation business: Peter Jefferson at home -- The colony's business: Peter Jefferson's vantage -- The intangible legacies: creating and keeping family history -- Thomas Jefferson's Shadwell stories: family and slavery.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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