Kuby, William,  1982- <br/><br/>
Conjugal misconduct :  defying marriage law in the twentieth-century United States / 
William Kuby. 
 - Cambridge, United Kingdom :  Cambridge University Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource :  illustrations 
 - Cambridge historical studies in American law and society .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781108645652 9781316673096 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Unmarried couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF538  / .C665 2018