Framing American divorce
from the revolutionary generation to the Victorians
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Author
Publication
1999 - University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif, California
Language
English
Word Count
59,250 words, Guess
Page Count
237 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL372312M
- ISBN-100520214900
- OCLC Control Number45731367
- OCLC Control Number39786354
- OCLC Control Numberframingamericand0000basc
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number98033947
- LibraryThing1974621
- Goodreads4066065
Classifications
- DDC306.89/0973/09034
- LCCHQ833 .B37 1999
Description
Framing American Divorce is a boldly innovative exploration of the multiple meanings of divorce in American life during the formative years of both the nation and its law, roughly 1770 to 1870. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Basch enriches and complicates our understanding of the development of divorce law by telling her story from three discrete but overlapping perspectives. In "Rules" she tracks the broad public debate and legislation over the appropriate grounds for and long-term consequences of divorce. "Mediations" shifts to a close-up analysis of the way ordinary women and men tested the rules in the county courts. And "Representations" charts the spiraling imagery of divorce through stories that made their way into American popular culture.
First Sentence
On a bleak day in the early spring of 1879, a somber young woman boards a train in Boston to begin the first leg of a journey to Indiana.
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