Domestic Reforms: Political Visions and Family Regulation in British Columbia, 1862-1940
- ISBN-10
- 0774841109
- ISBN-13
- 9780774841108
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-11-01
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Author
- Chris Clarkson
Description
British Columbia inherited a legal system that granted married men control over most family property and imposed few obligations on them toward their wives and children. Yet from the 1860s onward, lawmakers throughout the Anglo-American world, including legislators on the Pacific Coast, began to grant women and children new rights. Domestic Reforms deftly analyzes the impact of the legislation, with emphasis on the ambitions of regulated populations, the influence of the judiciary, and the social and fiscal concerns of generations of legislators and bureaucrats.
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