TY - BOOK ID - 78073505 TI - The culture of equity in Restoration and eighteenth-century Britain and America PY - 2015 SN - 1317036646 1315615231 1317036638 1472441877 9781472441874 9781472441867 1472441869 9781472441881 1472441885 9781315615233 9781317036623 9781317036630 1322872708 PB - Burlington, VT DB - UniCat KW - English literature KW - American literature KW - Literature and society KW - Equity KW - Chancery KW - Actions and defenses KW - Trusts and trustees KW - Literature KW - Literature and sociology KW - Society and literature KW - Sociology and literature KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Agrarians (Group of writers) KW - History and criticism. KW - History KW - History. KW - Law and legislation KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78073505 AB - Extending the chronological and cultural scope of Fortier's book on equity, which focuses on early modern England, this interdisciplinary study draws on politics, religion, law, literature, and philosophy to argue that equity continued to be a key word throughout the Restoration and 18th century in Britain and America. Fortier asserts that equity is used and contested in many of the major social and political events of the period. ER -