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Women and marriage in nineteenth-century England / Joan Perkin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perkin, Joan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Married women--Great Britain--History.
- Married women.
- Domestic relations--Great Britain--History.
- Domestic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (349 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : Lyceum Books, 1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Joan Perkin demonstrates clearly in this outstanding book, full of human insights, that women were not content to remain inferior to men in the `bonds of matrimony'.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; WOMEN AND THE LAW; A FAMILY ON THE THRONE; ONE LAW FOR THE RICH; THE GLORIOUS LICENCE OF A WIFE; THE PROVOKED WIFE; ANOTHER LAW FOR THE POOR; A LIFE OF WILLING SACRIFICE; ROUGH AND READY WOMEN; THE COUNTRY WIFE; THE CRUSADE AGAINST MARRIAGE; THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE; A LIFE OF ONE'S OWN; THE BATTLE OF JERICHO; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-325).
- Contains:
- Women and marriage in 19th century England.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-98563-0
- 1-134-98564-9
- 1-280-32355-8
- 0-203-40195-6
- 0-203-33117-6
- 9780203401958
- OCLC:
- 61193570
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