Basch, Norma.

Framing American divorce : from the revolutionary generation to the Victorians / Norma Basch. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c1999. - xii, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Rules. Inaugurating the rules, 1770-1800 ; Refining the rules, 1800-1850s ; Contesting the rules, 1850s-1870 -- pt. II. Mediation. When women go to court ; When men go to court -- pt. III. Representations. Divorce stories.

0520214900 (alk. paper) 9780520214903 (alk. paper)

98033947

GB99-17940


Divorce--History--United States--19th century.
Divorce--Law and legislation--History--United States--19th century.
Divorce--Histoire--âEtats-Unis--19e siáecle.
Divorce--Droit--Histoire--âEtats-Unis--19e siáecle.
Echtscheiding.
Scheiding (tweerelaties)

HQ833 / .B37 1999

306.89/0973/09034