Description |
xvi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
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regular print |
Series |
Canto |
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Canto (Cambridge University Press)
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Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Catholics and protestants -- 2. Seventeenth-century England and its American colonies -- 3. Secularisation, enlightenment, and the French revolution -- 4. Formal and informal divorce in early modern society -- 5. The meaning and context of marriage breakdown -- 6. The nineteenth century: liberalisation and reaction -- 7. Divorce as a social issue, 1850-1914 -- 8. Twentieth century and the rise of mass divorce -- 9. Explaining the rise of divorce, 1870-1990 -- Conclusion |
Analysis |
Divorce |
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Divorce History |
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History |
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Overseas item |
Notes |
"... Putting Asunder, of which the present book is a shorter version." - Pref |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Divorce -- History.
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Divorced people -- History.
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LC no. |
90025269 |
ISBN |
0521423708 |
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