Marital violence : an English family history, 1660-1875 /

This book exposes the 'hidden' history of marital violence and explores its place in English family life between the Restoration and the mid-nineteenth century. In a time before divorce was easily available and when husbands were popularly believed to have the right to beat their wives, El...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Foyster, Elizabeth A., 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Family violence > England > History.
Wife abuse > England > History.
Women > Violence against > England > History.
Families > England.
Violence familiale > Angleterre > Histoire.
Femmes > Violence envers > Angleterre > Histoire.
Familles > Angleterre.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Domestic Partner Abuse.
Families.
Family violence.
Wife abuse.
Women > Violence against.
Familie
Frau
Gewalt
England.
England
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Rethinking the histories of violence
  • Resisting violence
  • Children and marital violence
  • Beyond conjugal ties and spaces
  • The origins of professional responses.

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