Governing the Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America

Governing the Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America
ISBN-10
0807842257
ISBN-13
9780807842256
Category
History
Pages
436
Language
English
Published
1988
Publisher
Univ of North Carolina Press
Author
Michael Grossberg

Description

Presenting a new framework for understanding the complex but vital relationship between legal history and the family, Michael Grossberg analyzes the formation of legal policies on such issues as common law marriage, adoption, and rights for illegitimate c

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