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Marital Cruelty in Antebellum America - Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Robin C. Sager
Marital Cruelty in Antebellum America - Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
Robin C. Sager
Probes the struggles of aggrieved spouses shedding light on the nature of marriage and violence in the US in the decades prior to the Civil War. Analysing over 1,500 divorce records that reveal intimate details of marriages in conflict, Robin Sager offers a rare glimpse into the private lives of ordinary Americans shaken by accusations of cruelty.
277 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 6, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807163108 |
| Publishers | Louisiana State University Press |
| Pages | 277 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 225 × 22 mm · 333 g |