Introduction: Marriage and Its Discontents,

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Note on Dates and Names ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Introduction: Marriage and Its Discontents, 1
7. 1. The Ties That Bound 14
8. 2. Making Marriage: Romantic Ideals and Female Rhetoric 48
9. 3. Money Matters 80
10. 4. Disciplining Laboring Husbands 101
11. 5. Earning My Own Crust of Bread 131
12. 6. Cultivating Domesticity 157
13. 7. The Right to Love 201
14. 8. The Best Interests of the Child 232
15. Conclusion: The Politics of Marital Strife, 260 260
16. Appendix A. Archival Sources 271
17. Appendix B. Major Cases Used in the Book 273
18. Index 277