Unwritten Rules and Gendered Frames Amongst Probate Appraisers? Evidence from Eighteenth-Century York County, Virginia
This study analyzes inventory appraisals ordered by the county court for those estates undergoing probate in York County, Virginia, between 1700 and 1800 to determine whether local gender-modulated unwritten rules of appraisal or appraisers’ gender-related frames in thought influenced the appraisal...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Economic & Business History Society
2018-06-01
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Series: | Essays in Economic and Business History |
Online Access: | https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/27 |