The Importance of Being Monogamous - Marriage and Nation Building in Western Canada to 1915 (Paperback)

Sarah Carter provides a detailed description of marriage as a diverse social institution in nineteenth-century Western Canada, and the subsequent ascendancy of Christian, lifelong, heterosexual, monogamous marriage as an instrument to implement dominant British-Canadian values. It took work to impose the monogamous model of marriage as the region was home to a varied population of Aboriginal people and newcomers such as the Mormons, each of whom had their own definitions of marriage, including polygamy and flexible attitudes toward divorce. The work concludes with an explanation of the negative social consequences for women, particularly Aboriginal women, that arose as a result of the imposition of monogamous marriage. "Of an immense amount of new and pathbreaking research on Native people over the past 20 years, this work stands out." --Sidney L. Harring, Professor of Law at City University of New York and author of White Man's Law: Native People in Nineteenth-Century Canadian Jurisprudence

General

Imprint:	University of Alberta Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	April 2004
Authors:	Sarah Carter
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	383
ISBN-13:	978-0-88864-490-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-88864-490-6
Barcode:	9780888644909

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