LEADER 01932cam 2200433 i 4500001 ocn867715752 003 OCoLC 005 20141024072756.9 008 140106s2014 txu b 001 0 eng 010 2013048779 020 9781481300513 (hardback : alk. paper) 020 1481300512 (hardback : alk. paper) 035 (Sirsi) 99961226656 035 99961226656 035 (OCoLC)867715752 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dYDX |dYDXCP |dBTCTA |dBDX |dOCLCF |dCOO |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 HQ535 |b.H37 2014 082 00 306.81097309/034 |223 100 1 Harris, Leslie J., |d1978- |=^A1251411 245 10 State of the marital union : |brhetoric, identity, and nineteenth-century marriage controversies / |cLeslie J. Harris. 264 1 Waco : |bBaylor University Press, |c[2014] 300 x, 213 pages ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-208) and index. 505 0 Introduction: marriage and the nation -- Abuse, murder, and discipline in marriage -- Constituting the divorced citizen and saving the nation -- Polygamy and the relics of barbarism -- Free love, licentiousness, and civic identity -- Miscegenation and the future of civilization -- Conclusion: state of the (marital) union. 650 0 Marriage |zUnited States |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A248 650 7 Marriage. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01010443 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 1800 - 1899 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 949 |i30372013823064 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s49.95 |tJoyner48 |uJCDE |zUSD 596 1 998 3705479