Families in crisis in the Old South : divorce, slavery, and the law /

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In the antebellum South, divorce was an explosive issue. As one lawmaker put it, divorce was to be viewed as a form of "madness," and as another asserted, divorce reduced communities to the "lowest ebb of degeneracy." How was it that in this climate, the number of divorces rose s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schweninger, Loren (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Temas:
Domestic relations > United States.
Divorce > Law and legislation > United States.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States.
Adultery > United States.
Wife abuse > United States.
Femmes > Violence envers > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Adultery
Divorce > Law and legislation
Domestic relations
Slavery > Law and legislation
Wife abuse
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • The evolution of divorce laws
  • Adultery and the question of race
  • Insanity, alcoholism, abandonment, and abuse
  • Lawyers, judges, juries, and decrees
  • Married women and property
  • Slaves and owners' domestic conflicts
  • Conclusion
  • An essay on sources and methodology
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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