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Stray wives : marital conflict in early national New England
- Title
- Stray wives : marital conflict in early national New England / Mary Beth Sievens.
- Author
- Sievens, Mary Beth.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, c2005.
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- Description
- xii, 171 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-162) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- A "disobedient, clamorous" wife : the problem of wifely submission -- "A trifling sum" : economic support and consumer spending in New England marriages -- "The duties of a wife" : the meaning of women's work -- "The wicked agency of others" : community involvement and marital discord -- "Having confidence in her own abilities" : coping with estrangement -- "Free and clear from all claims" : divorce and the contradictory nature of women's status -- Afterword: Settling "all matters of dispute" : marital conflict, negotiation, and compromise.
- Call Number
- JFE 05-11027
- ISBN
- 081474009X (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005010577
- 9780814740095
- OCLC
- 59279868
- Author
- Sievens, Mary Beth.
- Title
- Stray wives : marital conflict in early national New England / Mary Beth Sievens.
- Imprint
- New York : New York University Press, c2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-162) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780814740095
- Research Call Number
- JFE 05-11027