Living in Sin - Cohabiting As Husband and Wife in Nineteenth-Century England

Informationen zum Autor Ginger S. Frost is Professor of History at Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama Klappentext Living in sin is the first book-length study of cohabitation in Victorian England, based on research into the lives of hundreds of couples. The work also analyses marriage, the Victorian legal system, relations with kin and the reactions of the wider comunities to extra-legal partnerships. Zusammenfassung Living in sin is the first book-length study of cohabitation in Victorian England, based on research into the lives of hundreds of couples. The work also analyses marriage, the Victorian legal system, relations with kin and the reactions of the wider comunities to extra-legal partnerships. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Cohabitation, illegitimacy, and the law in England, 1750-19142. Violence and cohabitation in the courts3. Affinity and consanguinity4. Bigamy and cohabitation5. Adulterous cohabitation6. The 'other Victorians': the demimonde and the very poor7. Cross-class cohabitation8. Radical couples, 1790-18509. Radical couples, 1850-1914ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ginger Frost, Ginger S. Frost, Frost Ginger
• Con la collaborazione di: Pamela Sharpe (Editore), Penny Summerfield (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2011
• EAN: 9780719085697
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8569-7
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: Gender in History; Gender in History (Paperback); Gender in History; Gender in History (Paperback)
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, Sociology: family and relationships