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Stray wives : marital conflict in early national New England / Mary Beth Sievens.
LIBRA HQ537 .S54 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sievens, Mary Beth
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marital conflict--New England--History--18th century.
- Marital conflict.
- Marital conflict--New England--History--19th century.
- Wives--New England--History.
- Wives.
- Husband and wife--New England--History.
- Husband and wife.
- Legal advertising--New England--History.
- Legal advertising.
- History.
- New England.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 171 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-162) and index.
- ISBN:
- 081474009X
- OCLC:
- 59279868
- Publisher Number:
- 9780814740095
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