| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge historical studies in American law and society
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Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Matrimonial Advertisements, Matchmaking Bureaus, and the Threat of Commercialized Courtship; 2 Hasty Remarriage, Out-of-State Elopement, and the Battle against Progressive Polygamy'; 3 Eugenic Marriage Laws and the Continuing Crisis of Out-of-State Elopement; 4 Trial Marriage and the Laws of the Home; 5 Black-White Intermarriage, the Backlash against Miscegenation, and the Push for Racial Amalgamation. |
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6 Averting the Crisis: The Birth of the Marriage Education MovementEpilogue; Index. |
| Summary |
Examines the experiences of couples in controversial unions and the legal and cultural backlash against contested marital arrangements in twentieth-century America. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Unmarried couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Unmarried couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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United States. |
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Subject |
Unmarried couples. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kuby, William, 1982- Conjugal misconduct. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018 9781107160262 110716026X (DLC) 2017045842 (OCoLC)1004636145 |
| ISBN |
9781108645652 (electronic book) |
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1108645658 (electronic book) |
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9781316673096 (electronic book) |
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131667309X (electronic book) |
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9781107160262 |
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110716026X |
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9781316613368 |
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1316613364 |
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