Book contents
- Conjugal Misconduct
- Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
- Conjugal Misconduct
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Matrimonial Advertisements, Matchmaking Bureaus, and the Threat of Commercialized Courtship
- 2 Hasty Remarriage, Out-of-State Elopement, and the Battle against “Progressive Polygamy”
- 3 Eugenic Marriage Laws and the Continuing Crisis of Out-of-State Elopement
- 4 Trial Marriage and the Laws of the Home
- 5 Black-White Intermarriage, the Backlash against Miscegenation, and the Push for Racial Amalgamation
- 6 Averting the Crisis
- Epilogue
- Index
- Series page
- References
Series page
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 February 2018
Book contents
- Conjugal Misconduct
- Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
- Conjugal Misconduct
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Matrimonial Advertisements, Matchmaking Bureaus, and the Threat of Commercialized Courtship
- 2 Hasty Remarriage, Out-of-State Elopement, and the Battle against “Progressive Polygamy”
- 3 Eugenic Marriage Laws and the Continuing Crisis of Out-of-State Elopement
- 4 Trial Marriage and the Laws of the Home
- 5 Black-White Intermarriage, the Backlash against Miscegenation, and the Push for Racial Amalgamation
- 6 Averting the Crisis
- Epilogue
- Index
- Series page
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Conjugal MisconductDefying Marriage Law in the Twentieth-Century United States, pp. 296Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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