Governing the Hearth Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America
| Author/creator | Grossberg, Michael Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press |
| Description | 436 p. 09.010 x 05.940 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in Legal History |
| Summary | Annotation 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 children. He shows how legal changes diminished male authority, increased women's and children's rights, and fixed more clearly the state's responsibilities in family affairs. Grossberg further illustrates why many basic principles of this distinctive and powerful new body of law—antiabortion and maternal biases in child custody—remained in effect well into the twentieth century. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 84022107 |
| ISBN | 9780807842256 |
| ISBN | 0807842257 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780807842256 |
| Stock number | 00027332 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |