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For better, for worse : British marriages, 1600 to the present
- Title
- For better, for worse : British marriages, 1600 to the present / John R. Gillis.
- Author
- Gillis, John R.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HQ613 .G55 1985 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 417 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 385-407.
- Contents
- Part I. Courtship and Marriage in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Neither SIngle nor Actually Married: Courtship and Betrothal in a Homosocial World -- A Maie Game of Marriage: The Politics of Big Weddings -- Neither Birth nor Portion Shall Hinder the Match: Clandestine Marriage and Sexual Nonconformity -- Part II. Conflict and Change in the Age of Agrarian and Industrial Revolution, 1750-1850. Better Man of the Two: Changing Relationships between the Sexes, 1750-1850 -- Time Changes Fau'k an' Manners: Private Marriages versus Public Bridals -- Last Stage of Their Hope: From the Celibate to the Conjugal City -- Married but not Churched: Common-Law Marriage and the Renewal of Sexual Nonconformity -- Part III. Era of Mandatory Marriage, 1850-1960. Better a Bad Husband Than No Husband At All: The Compulsion to Marry, 1850-1914 -- Love on the Dole: The Ritualization of Courtship in the Twentieth Century -- Lady Generally Likes White Weddings: Revival of the Big Wedding -- Part IV. Conjugal Myths and Marital Realities, 1960 to the Present. Love and Marriage: The Unresolved Contradiction.
- ISBN
- 019503614X
- 9780195036145
- 0195045564
- 9780195045567
- LCCN
- 85013701
- OCLC
- ocm12188592
- 12188592
- SCSB-14704030
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library