Public vows : a history of marriage and the nation /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cott, Nancy F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Marriage > United States > History.
Mariage > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Manners and customs.
Marriage.
United States > Social life and customs.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An archaeology of American monogamy
  • Perfecting community rules with state laws
  • Domestic relations on the national agenda
  • Toward a single standard
  • Monogamy as the law of social life
  • Consent, the American way
  • The modern architecture of marriage
  • Public sanctity for a private realm
  • Marriage revised and revived.

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