Man and Wife in America A History

Name: Man and Wife in America A History
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ISBN: 9780674008113

ISBN-10: 0674008111

ISBN-13: 9780674008113

Edition: 2000 (Reprint)

Authors: Hendrik Hartog

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19th-century American law insisted that marriage was a permanent relationship defined by the husband's authority and the wife's dependence, yet with the means to escape that relationship. This is a study of the powers of the law and its limits.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 5/3/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Hendrik Hartog is Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor in the History of American Law and Liberty at Princeton University.



Introduction



The Scene of a Marriage



Abigail Bailey's Divorce



Early Exits



Being a Wife



Acting Like a Husband



Coercion and Harriet Douglas Cruger



John Barry and American Fatherhood



The Right to Kill



The Geography of Remarriage



Coverture in a New Age


Epilogue


A Note on Method


Notes


Index