Only the Clothes on Her Back

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Elizabeth's and Caty's Failed Escapes: The Materials of Legal Meaning
Part One: Old Clothes in a New Country
Chapter 1: Polly's Yarn: Legal Principles
Chapter 2: Roger Taney's Long Underwear: Federalism
Chapter 3: Mr. Robinson's Failure: Merchants
Chapter 4: Rebecca Coles's Factory: Manufacturers
Part Two: Protective Coverings in a Hostile World
Chapter 5: The Prison Society's Problem: Currency
Chapter 6: Jane Cooley's Loom: Capital
Chapter 7: Margaret Ten Eyck's Accounts: Credit
Chapter 8: Eliza Cauchois's Shift: Exchange
Part Three: Rags
Chapter 9: Sarah Allingham's Sheet: Enforcement
Chapter 10: Catherine Brennan's Haul: Criminality
Chapter 11: Charles Lohman's Silk Dresses: Suppression
Chapter 12: Mrs. Harris's Marriage: Erasure
Conclusion: Mary Todd Lincoln's Old Clothes: Just Material
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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• História das Américas
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• História Militar
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