Conjugal misconduct : defying marriage law in the twentieth-century United States / William Kuby, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
2018
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Conjugal misconduct : defying marriage law in the twentieth-century United States / William Kuby, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Copyright
©2018.
Description
xii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
Formatted Contents Note
Matrimonial advertisements, matchmaking bureaus, and the threat of commercialized courtship
Hasty remarriage, out-of-state elopement, and the battle against "progressive polygamy"
Eugenic marriage laws and the continuing crisis of out-of-state elopement
Trial marriage and the laws of the home
Black-white intermarriage, the backlash against miscegenation, and the push for racial amalgamation
Averting the crisis: the birth of the marriage education movement.
Hasty remarriage, out-of-state elopement, and the battle against "progressive polygamy"
Eugenic marriage laws and the continuing crisis of out-of-state elopement
Trial marriage and the laws of the home
Black-white intermarriage, the backlash against miscegenation, and the push for racial amalgamation
Averting the crisis: the birth of the marriage education movement.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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STA
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KF538 .K83 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9781107160262 hardcover ; alkaline paper
110716026X hardcover ; alkaline paper
9781316613368 paperback ; alkaline paper
1316613364 paperback ; alkaline paper
110716026X hardcover ; alkaline paper
9781316613368 paperback ; alkaline paper
1316613364 paperback ; alkaline paper
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