British Columbia inherited a legal system that granted married
mencontrol over most family property and imposed few obligations on
themtoward their wives and children. Yet from the 1860s onward,
lawmakersthroughout the Anglo-American world, including legislators
on thePacific Coast, began to grant women and children new
rights.Domestic Reforms deftly analyzes the impact of
thelegislation, with emphasis on the ambitions of regulated
populations,the influence of the judiciary, and the social and
fiscal concerns ofgenerations of legislators and bureaucrats.
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