Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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 |
Summary |
Whereas my husband, Enoch Darling, has at sundry times used me in so improper and cruel a manner, as to destroy my happiness and endanger my life, and whereas he has not provided for me as a husband ought, but expended his time and money unadvisedly, at taverns ... I hereby notify the public that I am obliged to leave him. Phebe Darling, January 13, 1796 Hundreds of provocative notices such as this one ran in New England newspapers between 1790 and 1830. These elopement notices--advertisements paid for by husbands and occasionally wives to announce their spouses' desertions as well as th |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Marital conflict -- New England -- History -- 18th century
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Marital conflict -- New England -- History -- 19th century
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Wives -- New England -- History
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Husband and wife -- New England -- History
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Legal advertising -- New England -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Husband and wife
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Legal advertising
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Marital conflict
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Wives
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Gesetz
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Ehekonflikt
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Geschlechterrolle
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Äktenskap -- historia -- New England -- 1700-talet -- 1800-talet.
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New England
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United States, New England -- Social life and customs.
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Neuengland
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780814745342 |
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0814745342 |
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081474009X |
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9780814740095 |
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