Polygamy : an early American history / Sarah M.S. Pearsall.
Polygamy : an early American history / Sarah M.S. Pearsall.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
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G 2020/2851
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English
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Physical content
xv, 397 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Part I. Colonial clashes : "Una casa, dos mujeres" -- "Poligamie/Nintiouiouesaïn" -- "Christians have kept 3 wives" -- "Negroe mens wifes" -- Part II. Enlightened encounters : "The natural violence of our passions" -- "Such a revolution as this" -- "The repugnance inherent in having multiple wives"...
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2019]
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"A groundbreaking examination of polygamy showing that monogamy was not the only form marriage took in early America. Today we tend to think of polygamy as an unnatural marital arrangement characteristic of fringe sects or uncivilized peoples. Historian Sarah Pearsall shows us that polygamy's surprising history encompasses numerous colonies, indige...
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Polygamy : an early American history / Sarah M.S. Pearsall.
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Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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G 2020/2851
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74VKadPz6KwX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKadPz6KwX
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9780300226843 hardcover
0300226845 hardcover
DDC
306.8423097
MMS ID
991024317400402626
