This book outlines the public discourses around marriage in the 19th century, the legal reforms achieved as a result of public pressure, and the ways in which these laws and economic concerns impacted on the marital relationship, drawing on life writing, journalism, and conduct books.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2017-08-31
Language: English
Number of Pages: 226
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..