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Marital violence : an English family history, 1660-1875 / Elizabeth Foyster.
Van Pelt Library HV6626.23.G7 F69 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foyster, Elizabeth A., 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Family violence--England--History.
- Family violence.
- Wife abuse--England--History.
- Wife abuse.
- Women--Violence against--England--History.
- Women.
- Families--England--History.
- Families.
- Women--Violence against.
- History.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 282 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; a New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Contents:
- 1 Rethinking the histories of violence 30
- 2 Resisting violence 84
- 3 Children and marital violence 129
- 4 Beyond conjugal ties and spaces 168
- 5 The origins of professional responses 205
- Conclusion: The 1857 Divorce Act and its consequences 234.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-274) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521834511
- 0521619122
- OCLC:
- 58535464
- Publisher Number:
- 9780521834513 (hbk.)
- 9780521619127 (pbk.)
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