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1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 383 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
West unbound |
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West unbound.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-359) and index. |
| Contents |
Creating, challenging, imposing, and defending the marriage "fortress" -- Customs not in common : the monogamous ideal and diverse marital landscape of Western Canada -- Making newcomers to western Canada monogamous -- "A striking contrast ... where perpetuity of union and exlusiveness is not a rule, at least not a strict rule" : Plains Aboriginal marriage -- The 1886 "Traffic in Indian girls" panic and the foundation of the federal approach to Aboriginal marriage and divorce -- Creating "semi-widow" and "supernumerary wives" : prohibiting polygamy in Prairie Canada's Aboriginal communities -- "Undigested, conflicting and inharmonious" : administering First Nations marriage and divorce -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Sarah Carter provides a detailed analysis of marriage as a diverse social institution in nineteenth-century Western Canada. She charts the ascendancy of Christian, lifelong, heterosexual, monogamous marriage as an instrument to shape and institutionalize the gender order as the foundation of this new region of the nation. It took great effort to impose the monogamous model of marriage on a varied population of Aboriginal people and newcomers such as the Mormons, each with their own definitions of marriage, including polygamy and flexible attitudes toward divorce. The work concludes with an explanation of the negative consequences for women, particularly Aboriginal women, that arose as a result of the imposition of monogamous marriage."--Jacket. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
Marriage -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.
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Monogamous relationships -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.
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Indian women -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.
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Mormons -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.
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Canada, Western -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Indigenous peoples -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| Added Title |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
0888644906 |
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9780888644909 paperback |
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9781897425190 ebook |
| Standard No. |
heb40016 hdl |
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