Constructing the Family: Marriage and Work in Nineteenth-Century English Law

by Luke Taylor

In nineteenth-century England, legal conceptions of work and family changed in fundamental ways. Notably, significant legal moves came into play that changed the legal understanding of the family.

Constructing the Family examines the evolution of the legal-discursive framework governing work and family relations. Luke Taylor considers the intersecting intellectual and institutional forces that contributed to the dissolution of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487546521
• ISBN13: 9781487546526
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"