Marital Cruelty in Antebellum America Contributor(s): Sager, Robin C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807163104 ISBN-13: 9780807163108 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $45.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Violence In Society |
Dewey: 306.810 |
LCCN: 2015040209 |
Series: Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.54" W x 8.87" (0.90 lbs) |
Themes: - Topical - Family - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Geographic Orientation - Wisconsin - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 cruelty. |