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Man and Wife in America A History Book

Man and Wife in America A History
Man and Wife in America A History, In nineteenth-century America, the law insisted that marriage was a permanent relationship defined by the husband's authority and the wife's dependence. Yet at the same time the law created the means to escape that relationship. How was this possible? And, Man and Wife in America A History has a rating of 4 stars
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Man and Wife in America A History, In nineteenth-century America, the law insisted that marriage was a permanent relationship defined by the husband's authority and the wife's dependence. Yet at the same time the law created the means to escape that relationship. How was this possible? And, Man and Wife in America A History
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  • Man and Wife in America A History
  • Written by author Hendrik Hartog
  • Published by Harvard University Press, 2002/05/07
  • In nineteenth-century America, the law insisted that marriage was a permanent relationship defined by the husband's authority and the wife's dependence. Yet at the same time the law created the means to escape that relationship. How was this possible? And
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Introduction 1
1 The Scene of a Marriage 6
2 Abigail Bailey's Divorce 40
3 Early Exits 63
4 Being a Wife 93
5 Acting Like a Husband 136
6 Coercion and Harriet Douglas Cruger 167
7 John Barry and American Fatherhood 193
8 The Right to Kill 218
9 The Geography of Remarriage 242
10 Coverture in a New Age 287
Epilogue 309
A Note on Method 315
Notes 317
Index 395


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