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Autore |
Perkin Joan |
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Titolo |
Women and marriage in nineteenth-century England / / Joan Perkin |
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Chicago : , : Lyceum Books, , 1989 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-98564-9 |
1-280-32355-8 |
0-203-40195-6 |
0-203-33117-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (349 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Married women - Great Britain - History |
Domestic relations - Great Britain - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-325). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; WOMEN AND THE LAW; A FAMILY ON THE THRONE; ONE LAW FOR THE RICH; THE GLORIOUS LICENCE OF A WIFE; THE PROVOKED WIFE; ANOTHER LAW FOR THE POOR; A LIFE OF WILLING SACRIFICE; ROUGH AND READY WOMEN; THE COUNTRY WIFE; THE CRUSADE AGAINST MARRIAGE; THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE; A LIFE OF ONE'S OWN; THE BATTLE OF JERICHO; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Joan Perkin demonstrates clearly in this outstanding book, full of human insights, that women were not content to remain inferior to men in the `bonds of matrimony'. |
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