Breaking the Bonds Marital Discord in Pennsylvania, 1730-1830

Name: Breaking the Bonds
Author: Merril D. Smith

Auteur: Merril D. Smith

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Merril D. Smith Duncan Green

Engels
Hardcover
9780814779347
01 maart 1992
242 pagina's

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The late eighteenth century marked a period of changing expectations about marriage. The difficulties that rose, including abuse, and domestic violence differ little from those with which couples struggle today. This account reveals a strongly communicative world in which neighbors came to the aid of those locked in unhappy marriages.

"In Breaking The Bonds, Merril Smith establishes the ambitious goal of determining 'what kind of problems arose in troubled marriages' and of analyzing 'how men and women coped with marital discord.' . . . To accomplish this, Smith studied hundreds of divorce petitions, other legal documents, newspapers, almshouse dockets, and prescriptive literature. She concludes that, as in the present day, married couples fought and parted over sex, money, and abuse."
Pennsylvania History
"A richly textured study. . . With an eye to cross-class and cross-race representation, Smith utilizes diverse sources, including memoirs and diaries, correspondence, probate records, newspaper advertisements, depositions and petitions for divorce, and various moral reform and social regulatory organization records. . . . A brave attempt to write a description of 'the development of the Puritan concept of spirtiual growth.' . . . Gracefully written. . . provides specific new insights into a too-neglected area of early republican domestic politics."
William and Mary Quarterly
The late eighteenth century marked a period of changing expectations about marriage: companionship came to coexist as a norm alongside older patriarchal standards, men and women began to see their roles in more disparate ways, expectations about the satisfaction of marriage grew, and gender distinctions between husbands and wives became more complicated. Marital strife was an inevitable outcome of these changing expectations. The difficulties that rose, including abuse, a lack of sexual communication, and domestic violence (frequently brought on by alcholism) differ little from those with which couples struggle today.
Breaking The Bonds is an imaginative and original account that brings to light a strongly communicative world in which neighbors knew of, dinscussed, and even came to the aid of those locked in unhappy marriages.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 maart 1992
Aantal pagina's: 242
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Merril D. Smith
Tweede Auteur: Duncan Green
Hoofduitgeverij: New York University Press

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Editie: New ed
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 153 mm
Product lengte: 229 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 153 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 229 mm
Verpakking lengte: 229 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 544 g

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Gezin & Relaties

Geschiedenis

Sociologie

Familie & Relaties

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Taal: Engels
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