Breaking the Bonds: Marital Discord in Pennsylvania, 1730-1830

(Part of the The American Social Experience Series Series)

by Merril D. Smith

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"In Breaking The Bonds, Merril Smith establishes the ambitious goal of determining 'what kind of problems arose in troubled marriages' and of analyzing 'how men and women coped with marital discord.' . . . To accomplish this, Smith studied hundreds of divorce petitions, other legal documents, newspapers, almshouse dockets, and prescriptive literature. She concludes that, as in the present day, married couples fought and parted over sex,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814779808

ISBN13:9780814779804

Release Date:August 1993

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:242 Pages

Weight:0.79 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Customs & Traditions History Law Marriage & Family Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social Science Social Sciences

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