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“The problem with America’s family order today is a failure to recognize genuine goods—and looking to the founding, Dabling shows, helps us to see dynamic models for reinvigorating family life. An indispensable book for anyone interested in reviving the family today.” —Scott Yenor, author of Family Politics



Table of Contents

Introduction: How Autonomy Conquered Love

1. Statecraft and the Background of American Marriage

2. The Founding of American Marriage

3. Coverture and Divorce Law Through the Progressive Era

4. Tocqueville’s Democratic Woman in the Early Republic

5. Divorce and Enduring Consent

6. Polygamy, Despotism and Marital Unity

7. Free Love and Marital Love: John Humphrey Noyes and Nathaniel Hawthorne

8. As Long as You Both Shall Choose: Marriage in the Progressive Era

Conclusion

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      Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
      Publication Date: 15/04/2022
      ISBN13: 9780268201975, 978-0268201975
      ISBN10: 0268201978

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      “The problem with America’s family order today is a failure to recognize genuine goods—and looking to the founding, Dabling shows, helps us to see dynamic models for reinvigorating family life. An indispensable book for anyone interested in reviving the family today.” —Scott Yenor, author of Family Politics



      Table of Contents

      Introduction: How Autonomy Conquered Love

      1. Statecraft and the Background of American Marriage

      2. The Founding of American Marriage

      3. Coverture and Divorce Law Through the Progressive Era

      4. Tocqueville’s Democratic Woman in the Early Republic

      5. Divorce and Enduring Consent

      6. Polygamy, Despotism and Marital Unity

      7. Free Love and Marital Love: John Humphrey Noyes and Nathaniel Hawthorne

      8. As Long as You Both Shall Choose: Marriage in the Progressive Era

      Conclusion

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