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,...

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1. Verfasser: Smith, Merril D., 1956-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : New York University Press, 1991.
Schriftenreihe:American social experience series ; 21.
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Zusammenfassung:""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, other legal documents, newspapers, almshouse dockets, and prescriptive literature. She concludes that, as in the present day, married couples fought and parted over sex, money, and abuse.""--Pennsylvania History. ""A richly textured study. . . With an eye to cross-class and cross-race representation, Smith utilizes diverse
Beschreibung:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Temple University).
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 225 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index.
ISBN:0585081166
9780585081168
9780814779347
0814779344
0814788955
9780814788950

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