Charity and Sylvia : a same-sex marriage in early America / / Rachel Hope Cleves

• Autore: Cleves Rachel Hope <1975->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.84/8
• Soggetto topico: Same-sex marriage - United States - To 1865
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. A Child of Melancholy: 1777; 2. Infantile Days: 1784; 3. O the Example!: 1787; 4. Mistress of a School: 1797; 5. So Many Friends: 1799; 6. Discontent and Indifferent: 1800; 7. Never to Marry: 1800; 8. Charity and Mercy: 1805; 9. Charity and Lydia: 1806; 10. Charity and Sylviafebruary: 1807; 11. The Tie that Bindsjuly: 1807; 12. Their Own Dwelling: 1809; 13. Wild Affections: 1811; 14. Miss Bryant Was the Man: 1820; 15. Dear Aunts: 1823; 16. Stand Fast in One Spirit: 1828 ; 17. Diligent in Business: 183518. The Cure of Her I Love: 1839; 19. Sylvia Drake | W: 1851; Afterword; Abbreviations; Notes; Preface; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Charity and Sylvia is the intimate history of the extraordinary marriage of two ordinary early American women. Their story, drawn from the women's personal writings and other original documents, reveals that same-sex marriage is not as new as we think.
• Titolo autorizzato: Charity and Sylvia
• ISBN: 0-19-933545-1; 0-19-933544-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812119603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II