Marital Cruelty in Antebellum America

by Robin C. Sager

In Marital Cruelty in Antebellum America, Robin C. Sager probes the struggles of aggrieved spouses shedding light on the nature of marriage and violence in the United States in the decades prior to the Civil War. Analyzing over 1,500 divorce records that reveal intimate details of marriages in conflict in Virginia, Texas, and Wisconsin from 1840--1860, Sager offers a rare glimpse into the private lives of ordinary Americans shaken by accusations of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807163104
• ISBN13: 9780807163108
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.9"