Bound in wedlock : slave and free Black marriage in the nineteenth century /

"Tera W. Hunter offers the first comprehensive history of African American marriage in the nineteenth century and into the Jim Crow era. She reveals the practical ways couples adopted, adapted, or rejected white Christian ideas of marriage, creatively setting their own standards for conjugal re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hunter, Tera W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
Temas:
1800-1899
African Americans > Marriage customs and rites > 19th century.
African Americans > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Free African Americans > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Marriage > United States > History > 19th century.
Noirs américains > Rites et cérémonies du mariage > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains affranchis > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Mariage > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans > Marriage customs and rites.
African Americans > Social life and customs.
Marriage.
Enslaved persons > Social conditions.
Enslaved persons > Social life and customs.
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899.
Ethnic studies.
History.
History of the Americas.
Relating to African American people.
Social & cultural history.
Sociology: family & relationships.
United States of America, USA.
Society.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Tera W. Hunter offers the first comprehensive history of African American marriage in the nineteenth century and into the Jim Crow era. She reveals the practical ways couples adopted, adapted, or rejected white Christian ideas of marriage, creatively setting their own standards for conjugal relationships under conditions of uncertainty and cruelty"--Publisher's description
Descripción Física:1 online resource (404 pages) : illustrations, genealogical table
Créditos de Producción:Design: Annamarie McMahon Why.
Jacket photograph: Soldier and Companion, c. 1861-1865. Detroit Institute of Arts, USA / Founders Society Purchase, DeRoy Photographic Acquisition Endowment Fund and Coville Photographic Fund / Bridgeman Images.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674979208
0674979206
9780674979246
0674979249

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