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Polygamy : an early American history / Sarah M.S. Pearsall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pearsall, Sarah M. S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polygamy--North America--History.
- Polygamy.
- History.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 397 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- Part 1 Colonial Clashes
- 1 "Una Casa, Dos Mujeres" p. 21
- 2 "Poligamie/Nintiouiouesaïn" p. 50
- 3 "Christians Have Kept 3 Wives" p. 82
- 4 "Negroe Mens Wifes" p. 115
- Part 2 Enlightened Encounters
- 5 "The Natural Violence of Our Passions" p. 153
- 6 "Such a Revolution as This" p. 179
- 7 "The Repugnance Inherent in Having Multiple Wives" p. 215
- 8 "Defence of Polygamy by a Lady" p. 249.
- Notes:
- Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300226845
- 9780300226843
- OCLC:
- 1089483710
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