Broken Engagements: The Action for Breach of Promise of Marriage and the Feminine Ideal, 1800-1940 - Oxford Studies in Modern Legal History - Lettmaier, Saskia (Research Fellow at the University of Regensburg and S.J.D. Candidate at Harvard Law School) - Kirjat - Oxford University Press - 9780199569977 - torstai 11. helmikuuta 2010
Mikäli Kansi ja otsikko eivät täsmää, on otsikko oikein

Broken Engagements: The Action for Breach of Promise of Marriage and the Feminine Ideal, 1800-1940 - Oxford Studies in Modern Legal History

Lettmaier, Saskia (Research Fellow at the University of Regensburg and S.J.D. Candidate at Harvard Law School)

Hinta
€ 187,99

Tilattu etävarastosta

Arvioitu toimitus ke 24. heinä - ma 5. elo
Lisää iMusic-toivelistallesi

Broken Engagements: The Action for Breach of Promise of Marriage and the Feminine Ideal, 1800-1940 - Oxford Studies in Modern Legal History

This book explores ideals of femininity during the nineteenth and early twentieth 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, the book offers a major insight into modern attitudes to female identity.


230 pages, Illustrations

Media Kirjat     Hardcover Book   (Sidottu kirja kovilla kansilla sekä suojakannella)
Julkaisupäivämäärä torstai 11. helmikuuta 2010
ISBN13 9780199569977
Tuottaja Oxford University Press
Sivujen määrä 240
Mitta 164 × 242 × 19 mm   ·   514 g