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Breaking the bonds : marital discord in Pennsylvania, 1730-1830 /
""In Breaking The Bonds, Merril Smith establishes the ambitious goal of determining 'what kind of problems arose in troubled marriages' and of analyzing 'how men and women coped with marital discord.' ... To accomplish this, Smith studied hundreds of divorce petitions,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
1991.
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| Colección: | American social experience series ;
21. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | ""In Breaking The Bonds, Merril Smith establishes the ambitious goal of determining 'what kind of problems arose in troubled marriages' and of analyzing 'how men and women coped with marital discord.' ... To accomplish this, Smith studied hundreds of divorce petitions, other legal documents, newspapers, almshouse dockets, and prescriptive literature. She concludes that, as in the present day, married couples fought and parted over sex, money, and abuse.""--Pennsylvania History. ""A richly textured study. . . With an eye to cross-class and cross-race representation, Smith utilizes diverse |
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| Notas: | Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Temple University). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 225 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585081166 9780585081168 9780814779347 0814779344 0814788955 9780814788950 |