Public vows a history of marriage and the nation /
| Main Author: | Cott, Nancy F. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2000.
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| Physical Description: |
v, 297 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-284) and index. An Archaeology of American Monogamy -- Perfecting Community Rules with State Laws -- Domestic Relations on the National Agenda -- Towards a Single Standard -- Monogamy as the Law of Social life -- Consent, the American Wau -- The Modern Architecture of Marriage -- Public Sanctity for a Private Realm -- Marriage Revised and Revived. |
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| Physical Description: |
v, 297 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-284) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0674003209 |