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Courtship, love, and marriage in nineteenth-century English Canada

Title
Courtship, love, and marriage in nineteenth-century English Canada / Peter Ward.
Author
Ward, W. Peter.
Publication
Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1990.

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Description
x, 219 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • 1800-1899
  • Geschichte 1800-1900
  • Courtship > Canada > History > 19th century
  • Marriage customs and rites > Canada > History > 19th century
  • Marriage > Canada > History > 19th century
  • Marriage
  • Courtship
  • Manners and customs
  • Marriage customs and rites
  • Eheschließung
  • Liebeswerben
  • Canada > Social life and customs
  • Canada > Social life and customs > 19th century
  • Canada
  • Kanada
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction; Prologue; 1 The Christian Setting of Courtship and Marriage; 2 Law and Property in Courtship and Marriage; 3 Marriage Age and the Marriage Market; 4 The Territories of Courtship; 5 The Rituals of Romance; 6 Families, Friends, and Property; 7 The Quest for Intimacy; Conclusion
ISBN
  • 0773507493
  • 9780773507494
  • 0773511040
  • 9780773511040
  • 9780773562417
  • 0773562419
LCCN
90162447
OCLC
  • ocm24284323
  • 24284323
  • SCSB-1747737
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library