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
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The "Open Question" of Marriage; CHAPTER 1 Dissolving Matrimonial Bonds: Divorce in the New Republic; CHAPTER 2 Weaving the Bonds: Husbands' and Wives' Expectations of Marriage; CHAPTER 3 "If We Forsook Prudence": Sexuality in Troubled Marriages; CHAPTER 4 "Cruel and Barbarous Treatment": The Forms and Meaning of Spouse Abuse; CHAPTER 5 Runaways: "Wilful and Malicious Desertion"; CHAPTER 6 For a Maintenance: The Economics of Marital Discord.
  • Conclusion: Unraveling the BondsNotes; Select Bibliography; Index.

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