Stray Wives : Marital Conflict in Early National New England /

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Whereas my husband, Enoch Darling, has at sundry times used me in so improper and cruel a manner, as to destroy my happiness and endanger my life, and whereas he has not provided for me as a husband ought, but expended his time and money unadvisedly, at taverns ... I hereby notify the public that I...

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Autor principal: Sievens, Mary Beth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2005]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Äktenskap > historia > New England > 1700-talet > 1800-talet.
Geschlechterrolle
Ehekonflikt
Gesetz
Wives.
Marital conflict.
Legal advertising.
Husband and wife.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Annonces administratives et judiciaires > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Femmes mariees > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Époux > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Conflits conjugaux > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Conflits conjugaux > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Legal advertising > New England > History.
Husband and wife > New England > History.
Wives > New England > History.
Marital conflict > New England > History > 19th century.
Marital conflict > New England > History > 18th century.
United States, New England > Social life and customs.
Neuengland
New England.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • A "disobedient, clamorous" wife : the problem of wifely submission
  • "A trifling sum" : economic support and consumer spending in New England marriages
  • "The duties of a wife" : the meaning of women's work
  • "The wicked agency of others" : community involvement and marital discord
  • "Having confidence in her own abilities" : coping with estrangement
  • "Free and clear from all claims" : divorce and the contradictory nature of women's status
  • Afterword: Settling "all matters of dispute" : marital conflict, negotiation, and compromise.

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