Conjugal misconduct : defying marriage law in the twentieth-century United States / William Kuby.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Matrimonial Advertisements, Matchmaking Bureaus, and the Threat of Commercialized Courtship; 2 Hasty Remarriage, Out-of-State Elopement, and the Battle against Progressive Polygamy'; 3 Eugenic Marriage Laws and the Continuing Crisis of Out-of-State Elopement; 4 Trial Marriage and the Laws of the Home; 5 Black-White Intermarriage, the Backlash against Miscegenation, and the Push for Racial Amalgamation.

6 Averting the Crisis: The Birth of the Marriage Education MovementEpilogue; Index.

Examines the experiences of couples in controversial unions and the legal and cultural backlash against contested marital arrangements in twentieth-century America.

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