Wife to widow :: lives, laws, and politics in nineteenth-century Montreal /

The diversity of women's lives as wives then as widows negotiating the law, patriarchy, family relationships, and the economy in 19th-century Montreal come alive in this first major study of widows in Canada.

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Main Author: Bradbury, Bettina, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The diversity of women's lives as wives then as widows negotiating the law, patriarchy, family relationships, and the economy in 19th-century Montreal come alive in this first major study of widows in Canada.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 502 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-483) and index.
ISBN:9780774819534
0774819537
9781283245524
1283245523
9786613245526
6613245526

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