Courtship, Love, and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century English Canada (e-bog) af Ward, Peter
Ward, Peter (forfatter)

Courtship, Love, and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century English Canada e-bog

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Courtship, love, and marriage are seen today as very private affairs, and historians have generally concluded that after the late eighteenth century young people began to enjoy great autonomy in courtship and decisions about marriage. Peter Ward disagrees with this conclusion and argues that freedom in nineteenth-century English Canada was constrained by an intricate social, institutional, and ...
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Forfattere Ward, Peter (forfatter)
Udgivet 1 marts 1990
Længde 232 sider
Genrer 1KBC
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780773562417
Courtship, love, and marriage are seen today as very private affairs, and historians have generally concluded that after the late eighteenth century young people began to enjoy great autonomy in courtship and decisions about marriage. Peter Ward disagrees with this conclusion and argues that freedom in nineteenth-century English Canada was constrained by an intricate social, institutional, and familial framework which greatly influenced the behaviour of young couples both before and after marriage.