Welcome to the Kids' Library!

Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.

Back to Search Results

Available items only

Previous Record Next Record

E-Book/E-Doc

Author

Martin, Meredith (Meredith S.)

Title Dairy queens [electronic resource] : the politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette / Meredith Martin.

Imprint

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

Connect to
Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	328 p.
Series	Harvard historical studies ; 176
	Harvard historical studies ; v. 176.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Catherine de' Medici, the French Cybele -- Absolutism and the sexual politics of pastoral retreat -- Health, hygiene, and the hermitages of Madame de Pompadour -- Marie-Antoinette and the Hameau effect -- Regenerating the monarchy : the Queen's dairy at Rambouillet -- Epilogue.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Architecture and women -- France -- History.
	Pleasure dairies -- France.
	Politics and culture -- France -- History.
	Elite (Social sciences) -- France -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title	Politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette
ISBN	9780674048997 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780674059474 (electronic bk.)