Marital Cruelty in Antebellum America

(Part of the Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Series)

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In Marital Cruelty in Antebellum America, Robin C. Sager probes the struggles of aggrieved spouses shedding light on the nature of marriage and violence in the United States in the decades prior to the Civil War. Analyzing over 1,500 divorce records that reveal intimate details of marriages in conflict in Virginia, Texas, and Wisconsin from 1840--1860, Sager offers a rare glimpse into the private lives of ordinary Americans shaken by accusations of...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807163104

ISBN13:9780807163108

Release Date:July 2016

Publisher:LSU Press

Length:203 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.9"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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Marital Cruelty in Antebellum America

(Part of the Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Series)

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