| Broken Engagements: The Action for Breach of Promise of Marriage and the Feminine Ideal, 1800-1940 Contributor(s): Lettmaier, Saskia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199569975 ISBN-13: 9780199569977 Publisher: OUP Oxford OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Family Law - Marriage - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 346.016 |
| LCCN: 2010003765 |
| Series: Oxford Studies in Modern Legal History |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.10 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This text explores ideals of femininity during the 19th and early 20th centuries by charting responses to broken engagements. Interweaving a history of the legal remedies available for a broken promise of marriage with literary accounts from Dickens to Wodehouse, it offers an insight into modern attitudes to female identity. |