Stray Wives : Marital Conflict in Early National New England / / Mary Beth Sievens

• Autore: Sievens Mary Beth
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : New York University Press, , [2005]; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021; ©[2005]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.872/0974/09034
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States, New England Social life and customs; Neuengland; New England
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stray Wives
• ISBN: 0-8147-4534-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819448503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II