The importance of being monogamous :: marriage and nation building in Western Canada to 1915 /

Sarah Carter reveals the pioneering efforts of the government, legal, and religious authorities to impose the "one man, one woman"model of marriage upon Mormons and Aboriginal people in Western Canada. This lucidly written, richly researched book revises what we know about marriage and the...

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1. Verfasser: Carter, Sarah, 1954- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2008.
Ausgabe:First edition, first printing, 2008.
Schriftenreihe:West unbound.
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Zusammenfassung:Sarah Carter reveals the pioneering efforts of the government, legal, and religious authorities to impose the "one man, one woman"model of marriage upon Mormons and Aboriginal people in Western Canada. This lucidly written, richly researched book revises what we know about marriage and the gendered politics of late 19th century reform, shifts our understanding of Aboriginal history during that time, and brings together the fields of Indigenous and migrant history in new and important ways.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (357 pages) : ePub file
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1897425198
9781897425190
0888644906
9780888644909

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