Breaking the ties that bound
Subtitle: the politics of marital strife in late imperial Russia
By: Barbara Alpern Engel
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780801449512
Subjects: Family policy; Marriage; Family relationships; Divorce; Women; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : marriage and its discontents; title: The ties that bound; title: Making marriage : romantic ideals and female rhetoric; title: Money matters; title: Disciplining laboring husbands; title: Earning my own crust of bread; title: Cultivating domesticity; title: The right to love; title: The best interests of the child; title: Conclusion : the politics of marital strife.