ISBN:
9780674029880
,
0674029887
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (297 p.)
Edition:
1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Public vows
DDC:
306.8
Keywords:
Marriage History
;
United States
;
Marriage History
;
Marriage History
;
Manners and customs
;
Marriage
;
HISTORY ; United States ; General
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; Marriage & Family
;
History
;
United States Social life and customs
;
United States
;
United States Social life and customs
;
United States Social life and customs
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
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.
Description / Table of Contents:
An archaeology of American monogamyPerfecting 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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