TY - BOOK AU - Kuby,William TI - Conjugal misconduct: defying marriage law in the twentieth-century United States T2 - Cambridge historical studies in American law and society SN - 9781108645652 AV - KF538 .C665 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Cambridge, United Kingdom PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Unmarried couples KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - United States KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - Examines the experiences of couples in controversial unions and the legal and cultural backlash against contested marital arrangements in twentieth-century America UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1694384&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -