TY - BOOK ID - 2757269 TI - Man and wife in America : history PY - 2000 SN - 0674002628 PB - Cambridge, Mass. London Harvard University Press DB - UniCat KW - 394 <73> KW - Husband and wife KW - -Marriage KW - -Separation (Law) KW - -Divorce a mensa et thoro KW - Divorce from bed and board KW - Judicial separation KW - Marital separation KW - Divorce KW - Marriage law KW - Matrimonial actions KW - Married life KW - Matrimony KW - Nuptiality KW - Wedlock KW - Love KW - Sacraments KW - Betrothal KW - Courtship KW - Families KW - Home KW - Honeymoons KW - Man and wife KW - Matrimonial regime KW - Spouses KW - Wife and husband KW - Domestic relations KW - Women KW - Desertion and non-support KW - Married women KW - Ritueel. Openbaar leven. Maatschappelijk leven. Banketten. Volksfeesten. Carnaval. Spelen. Dansen. Optochten. Jaarmarkt. Kermissen. Ruiterfeesten.--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA KW - History KW - Law and legislation KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - -Ritueel. Openbaar leven. Maatschappelijk leven. Banketten. Volksfeesten. Carnaval. Spelen. Dansen. Optochten. Jaarmarkt. Kermissen. Ruiterfeesten.--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA KW - 394 <73> Ritueel. Openbaar leven. Maatschappelijk leven. Banketten. Volksfeesten. Carnaval. Spelen. Dansen. Optochten. Jaarmarkt. Kermissen. Ruiterfeesten.--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA KW - Marriage KW - Separation (Law) KW - Divorce a mensa et thoro KW - United States UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2757269 AB - Exploring a century and a half of marriage through stories of struggle and conflict mined from case records, Hartog shatters the myth of a golden age of stable marriage. He describes the myriad ways the law shaped and defined marital relations and spousal identities, and how individuals manipulated and reshaped the rules of the American states to fit their needs. We witness a compelling cast of characters: wives who attempted to leave abusive husbands, women who manipulated their marital status for personal advantage, accidental and intentional bigamists, men who killed their wives' lovers, couples who insisted on divorce in a legal culture that denied them that right. [publisher's description] ER -