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008			100423s2008 enk ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9781847791412 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
020			_a9781781700723
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050	0	4	_aHQ803 _b.L585 2008
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aFrost, Ginger Suzanne, _d1962- _e1
245	1	0	_aLiving in sin : _bcohabiting as husband and wife in nineteenth-century England / _cGinger S. Frost.
260			_aManchester _bManchester University Press ; _c(c)2008.
260			_aNew York : _bDistributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, _c(c)2008.
300			_a1 online resource (vii, 264 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aGender in history
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505	0	0	_aCohabitation, illegitimacy, and the law in England, 1750-1914 -- _tViolence and cohabitation in the courts -- _tAffinity and consanguinity -- _tBigamy and cohabitation -- _tAdulterous cohabitation -- _tThe 'other Victorians' : the demimonde and the very poor -- _tCross-class cohabitation -- _tRadical couples, 1790-1850 -- _tRadical couples, 1850-1914.
520	1		_a"Living in sin is the first book-length study of cohabitation in nineteenth-century England, based on research into the lives of hundreds of couples. 'Common-law' marriages did not have any legal basis, so the Victorian courts had to wrestle with unions that resembled marriage in everyway, yet did not meet its most basic requirements. Unsurprisingly, the courts reacted with ambiguity, upholding cohabitation in some instances and punishing it in others. By challenging the definition of marriage through their actions, couples reformed the state's dealings with it; nevertheless, cohabitees never had legal status and this had serious repercussions for women and children." "The majority of those who lived in irregular unions did so because they could not marry legally. Others, though, chose not to marry, either from indifference, class differences, or because they dissented from marriage for philosophical reasons. This book looks at each motivation in turn, highlighting class, gender and generational differences, as well as the reactions of wider kin and community. Cohabitation was not the same as marriage, but many family and friends accepted at least some irregular unions, most readily in the working classes. At the same time, the sexual double standard meant that women suffered more than men from the disadvantages of 'free unions'." "Frost shows how these couples slowly widened the definition of legal marriage, preparing the way for the more substantial changes of the twentieth century, making this a valuable resource for all those interested in Gender and Social History."--Jacket.
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538			_aMaster and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. _uhttp://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 _5MiAaHDL
583	1		_adigitized _c2010 _hHathiTrust Digital Library _lcommitted to preserve _2pda _5MiAaHDL
650		0	_aUnmarried couples _zEngland _xHistory _y19th century.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=515097&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell