Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Marriage, Identity, and the Law
7. Marriage Metropole 27
8. Companionate Patriarchies 61
9. Marriage Trajectories 87
10. “Dower This Barbarous Law” 120
11. Imagining Widowhood and Death 142
12. Individual Itineraries of Widowhood
13. Diverse Demographies 173
14. In the Shadow of Their Husbands 204
15. “Within a Year and a Day” 233
16. Widows’ Votes 260
17. Widow to Mother Superior 289
18. Patchworks of the Possible 323
19. Final Years, Final Wishes 356
20. Conclusion 389
21. Notes 400
22. Bibliography 459
23. Index 484