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Autore |
Sievens Mary Beth |
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Titolo |
Stray Wives : Marital Conflict in Early National New England / / Mary Beth Sievens |
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New York : , : New York University Press, , [2005] |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021 |
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©[2005] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (184 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Äktenskap - historia - New England - 1700-talet - 1800-talet |
Geschlechterrolle |
Ehekonflikt |
Gesetz |
Wives |
Marital conflict |
Legal advertising |
Husband and wife |
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Popular Culture |
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Anthropology - Cultural |
POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Cultural Policy |
Annonces administratives et judiciaires - Nouvelle-Angleterre - Histoire |
Femmes mariees - Nouvelle-Angleterre - Histoire |
Époux - Nouvelle-Angleterre - Histoire |
Conflits conjugaux - Nouvelle-Angleterre - Histoire - 19e siecle |
Conflits conjugaux - Nouvelle-Angleterre - Histoire - 18e siecle |
Legal advertising - New England - History |
Husband and wife - New England - History |
Wives - New England - History |
Marital conflict - New England - History - 19th century |
Marital conflict - New England - History - 18th century |
History |
Electronic books. |
United States, New England Social life and customs |
Neuengland |
New England |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- A "disobedient, clamorous" wife : the problem of wifely submission -- "A trifling sum" : economic support and consumer spending in New England marriages -- "The duties of a wife" : the meaning of women's work -- "The wicked agency of others" : community involvement and marital discord -- "Having confidence in her own abilities" : coping with estrangement -- "Free and clear from all claims" : divorce and the contradictory nature of women's status -- Afterword: Settling "all matters of dispute" : marital conflict, negotiation, and compromise. |
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Whereas my husband, Enoch Darling, has at sundry times used me in so improper and cruel a manner, as to destroy my happiness and endanger my life, and whereas he has not provided for me as a husband ought, but expended his time and money unadvisedly, at taverns ... I hereby notify the public that I am obliged to leave him. Phebe Darling, January 13, 1796 Hundreds of provocative notices such as this one ran in New England newspapers between 1790 and 1830. These elopement notices--advertisements paid for by husbands and occasionally wives to announce their spouses' desertions as well as th. |
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