Breaking the Bonds : Marital Discord in Pennsylvania, 1730-1830.

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Merril D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1992.
Colección:American Social Experience S.
Temas:
1700-1899
Divorce > Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
Divorce > Pennsylvania > History > 19th century.
Marriage > Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
Marriage > Pennsylvania > History > 19th century.
Divorce > Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Divorce > Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mariage > Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Mariage > Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Divorce
Marriage
Pennsylvania
History
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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 utili.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (244 pages).
ISBN:9780814788950
0814788955

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