Matchmaking and the marriage market in postrevolutionary France / Andrea Mansker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mansker, Andrea, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage brokerage--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Marriage brokerage.

Matrimonial advertisements--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Matrimonial advertisements.

Mate selection--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Mate selection.

Marriage--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Marriage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024.

Summary:

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Contents:

Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. "Marriages by the Petites affiches": Advertising Love, Marital Choice, and Commercial Matchmaking in Napoleon's Paris

2. "Strange Destinies": Chance and Strategies of Self-Fiction under the Napoleonic Police State

3. Seeking an Arranged Marriage: Love, Fiction, and the Civil Code in the Imperial Classifieds

4. The Matrimonial Lottery: New Gendered Storylines on Courtship and Marriage in the Classifieds

5. "The Trailblazing Founder of the Matchmaking Profession": Charles de Foy

6. The Matrimonial Agent in the Courtroom: Framing Marriage as a Commercial Contract

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Mansker, Andrea, 1972- Matchmaking and the marriage market in postrevolutionary France

ISBN:

9781501778070

1501778072

9781501778087

1501778080

OCLC:

1450560280