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Breaking the bonds : marital discord in Pennsylvania, 1730-1830 /
""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,...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
1991.
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| Collection: | American social experience series ;
21. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Introduction: the "Open question" of marriage
- Dissolving matrimonial bonds: divorce in the new republic
- Weaving the bonds: husbands' and wives' expectations of marriage
- "If we forsook prudence": sexuality in troubled marriages
- "Cruel and barbarous treatment": the forms and meaning of spouse abuse
- Runaways: "Wilful and malicious desertion"
- For a maintenance: the economics of marital discord
- Conclusion: unraveling the bonds.