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Governing the hearth : law and the family in nineteenth-century America /

Presenting a new framework for understanding the complex but vital relationship between legal history and the family, Michael Grossberg analyzes the formation of legal policies on such issues as common law marriage, adoption, and rights for illegitimate children. He shows how legal changes diminishe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grossberg, Michael, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1988, ©1985.
Series:Studies in legal history.
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Online Access:Texto completo