Reconstructing the Household Families, Sex, and the Law in the Nineteenth-Century South |
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| Author:
| Bardaglio, Peter W. |
| Series title: | Studies in Legal History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-4712-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1998 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $47.50 |
Book Description:
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Examines the connections between race, gender, sexuality, and the law in 19th-century Southern USA. The book focuses on miscegenation, rape, incest, child custody, and adoption laws to show how southerners struggled with the conflicts and stresses that surfaced during the Civil War era.
Examines the connections between race, gender, sexuality, and the law in 19th-century Southern USA. The book focuses on miscegenation, rape, incest, child custody, and adoption laws to show how southerners struggled with the conflicts and stresses that surfaced during the Civil War era.