Breaking the ties that bound [electronic resource] : the politics of marital strife in late imperial Russia / Barbara Alpern Engel.
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TextPublication details: Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2011.Description: xi, 282 p. : ill., portsSubject(s): - Marriage -- Russia -- History -- 19th century
- Marriage -- Russia -- History -- 20th century
- Divorce -- Russia -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- Family relationships -- Russia -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- Family relationships -- Russia -- History -- 20th century
- Family policy -- Russia -- History -- 19th century
- Family policy -- Russia -- History -- 20th century
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- HQ637 .E54 2011
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : marriage and its discontents -- The ties that bound -- Making marriage : romantic ideals and female rhetoric -- Money matters -- Disciplining laboring husbands -- Earning my own crust of bread -- Cultivating domesticity -- The right to love -- The best interests of the child -- Conclusion : the politics of marital strife.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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