04379oam 2200841 450 99621008500331620230809230459.01-282-81955-097866128195511-897425-19-8heb40016(CKB)2440000000014487(EBL)617518(OCoLC)1032166142(OCoLC)302055704(OCoLC)456100516(OCoLC)587497398(OCoLC)753317698(OCoLC)872046946(OCoLC)880842530(OCoLC)899277937(OCoLC)923081515(OCoLC)1035620069(SSID)ssj0000338946(PQKBManifestationID)12071303(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338946(PQKBWorkID)10322757(PQKB)11139107(CaBNvSL)slc00221688(MiAaPQ)EBC3259368(MiAaPQ)EBC4837934(MiAaPQ)EBC617518(Au-PeEL)EBL617518(OCoLC)302055704(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/50043(dli)heb40016.0001.001(MiU)MIU400160001001(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/hjdwq2(EXLCZ)99244000000001448720071211d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe importance of being monogamous marriage and nation building in Western Canada to 1915 /Sarah CarterFirst edition.Athabasca University Press2008Edmonton [Alta.] :University of Alberta Press,c2008.1 online resource (400 pages) illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)The West unbound : social and cultural studiesDescription based upon print version of record.Print version: 9780888644909 Includes bibliographical references and index.Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-359) and index.Cover Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; ONE: Creating, Challenging, Imposing, and Defending the Marriage "Fortress"; TWO: Customs Not in Common: THE MONOGAMOUS IDEAL AND DIVERSE MARITAL LANDSCAPE OF WESTERN CANADA; THREE: Making Newcomers to Western Canada Monogamous; FOUR: "A Striking Contrast...Where Perpetuity of Union and Exclusiveness is Not a Rule, at Least Not a Strict Rule": PLAINS ABORIGINAL MARRIAGE; FIVE: The 1886 "Traffic in Indian Girls" Panic and the Foundation of the Federal Approach to Aboriginal Marriage and DivorceSIX: Creating "Semi-Widows" and "Supernumerary Wives": PROHIBITING POLYGAMY IN PRAIRIE CANADA'S ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIESSEVEN: "Undigested, Conflicting and Inharmonious": ADMINISTERING FIRST NATIONS MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE; EIGHT: Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YSarah Carter reveals the pioneering efforts of the government, legal, and religious authorities to impose the “one man, one woman” model of marriage upon Mormons and Aboriginal people in Western Canada. This lucidly written, richly researched book revises what we know about marriage and the gendered politics of late 19th century reform, shifts our understanding of Aboriginal history during that time, and brings together the fields of Indigenous and migrant history in new and important ways.West unbound.MarriageCanada, WesternHistory19th centuryMonogamous relationshipsCanada, WesternHistory19th centuryIndian womenCanada, WesternHistory19th centuryLatter Day SaintsCanada, WesternHistory19th centuryCanada, WesternSocial conditions19th centurymonogamyaboriginal womenMarriageHistoryMonogamous relationshipsHistoryIndian womenHistoryLatter Day SaintsHistory306.810971306.84/2209712306.842209712Carter Sarah1954-.835472MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQUkMaJRUBOOK996210085003316The importance of being monogamous1990229UNISA