Title The great catastrophe of my life : divorce in the Old Dominion / Thomas E. Buckley

Published Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2002] ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 346 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in legal history Studies in legal history. Contents Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Petitions; I. Contexts; II. Causes; III. Consequences; Epilogue: Petitioners; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary From the end of the Revolution until 1851, Virginia legislature turned down two-thirds of all petitions for divorce. Men and women faced a harsh legal system. In this book, Thomas Buckley explores the lives and legal struggles of those who challenged it Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-332) and index Notes Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed September 12, 2016) Subject Divorce -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Divorce -- Law and legislation -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Marital conflict -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Divorce & Separation. Divorce Divorce -- Law and legislation Marital conflict Social conditions SUBJECT Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century Subject Virginia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2001059840 ISBN 0807861480 9780807861486 9780807827123 0807827126 9780807853801 0807853801

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