Framing American Divorce
Framing American Divorce

Author: Norma Basch

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2001-08-24

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0520231961

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Framing American Divorce is a boldly innovative exploration of the multiple meanings of divorce in American life during the formative years of both the nation and its law, roughly 1770 to 1870. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Basch enriches and complicates our understanding of the development of divorce law by telling her story from three discrete but overlapping perspectives. In "Rules" she tracks the broad public debate and legislation over the appropriate grounds for and long-term consequences of divorce. "Mediations" shifts to a close-up analysis of the way ordinary women and men tested the rules in the county courts. And "Representations" charts the spiraling imagery of divorce through stories that made their way into American popular culture.

An American Divorce
An American Divorce

Author: J. N. Welch

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-24

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780578735955

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Is the United States on the brink of a breakup? In what could best be described as the ultimate game of revolutionary poker, An American Divorce lays out a thought-provoking road map that considers the following mass movement questions:?Why is the USA facing a revolutionary environment no less profound than that of the Civil War??In the context of a twenty-first century mass movement, who would the various divorce players be??How should a "real" discussion on race-relations be framed??What is the difference between a "good" and "bad" American divorce??What direction will the marriage/divorce take should Trump win in 2020? What about a Trump loss??Can the United States once again find democratic purpose and normalcy; or is today the time to openly discuss the ramifications of a geographical separation?Using the pseudonym, J. N. Welch, this anonymous CEO unmasks those who use the politics of fear and intimidation to silence millions of Americans.From the benign to the revolutionary, this controversial book offers a bold and unfiltered conversation about the forces behind America's irreconcilable differences. More profoundly, An American Divorce has the transcendent power to move beyond the dysfunction, debt, and division that is crippling our great nation.

An American Divorce
An American Divorce

Author: J. N. Welch

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-05

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780578743158

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Is the United States once again facing an 1860s-like Civil War environment? An American Divorce contemplates "divorce" in the United States and answers the more important question of how today's conservatives can divorce their toxic partner.

A History of Marriage
A History of Marriage

Author: Elizabeth Abbott

Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Published: 2011-01-04

Total Pages: 507

ISBN-13: 1609800850

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What does the "tradition of marriage" really look like? In A History of Marriage, Elizabeth Abbott paints an often surprising picture of this most public, yet most intimate, institution. Ritual of romance, or social obligation? Eternal bliss, or cult of domesticity? Abbott reveals a complex tradition that includes same-sex unions, arranged marriages, dowries, self-marriages, and child brides. Marriage—in all its loving, unloving, decadent, and impoverished manifestations—is revealed here through Abbott's infectious curiosity.

Divorce in America (1907)
Divorce in America (1907)

Author: Edmund Ray Stevens

Publisher:

Published: 2009-07

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781104735333

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The Divorce Culture
The Divorce Culture

Author: Barbara Dafoe Whitehead

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1998-02-03

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0679751688

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the author's Atlantic Monthly article "Dan Quayle Was Right" ignited a media debate on the effects of divorce that rages still. In this book she expands her argument, making it clear Americans need to strengthen their resolve with regard to divorce prevention, new ways of thinking about marriage, and a new consciousness about the meaning of committment. 240 pp. Author tour. Radio satellite tour. 60,000 print.

The Mormon Question
The Mormon Question

Author: Sarah Barringer Gordon

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2003-01-14

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0807875260

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From the Mormon Church's public announcement of its sanction of polygamy in 1852 until its formal decision to abandon the practice in 1890, people on both sides of the "Mormon question" debated central questions of constitutional law. Did principles of religious freedom and local self-government protect Mormons' claim to a distinct, religiously based legal order? Or was polygamy, as its opponents claimed, a new form of slavery--this time for white women in Utah? And did constitutional principles dictate that democracy and true liberty were founded on separation of church and state? As Sarah Barringer Gordon shows, the answers to these questions finally yielded an apparent victory for antipolygamists in the late nineteenth century, but only after decades of argument, litigation, and open conflict. Victory came at a price; as attention and national resources poured into Utah in the late 1870s and 1880s, antipolygamists turned more and more to coercion and punishment in the name of freedom. They also left a legacy in constitutional law and political theory that still governs our treatment of religious life: Americans are free to believe, but they may well not be free to act on their beliefs.

A History of American Law
A History of American Law

Author: Lawrence M. Friedman

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019-09-09

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13: 0190070900

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Renowned legal historian Lawrence Friedman presents an accessible and authoritative history of American law from the colonial era to the present day. This fully revised fourth edition incorporates the latest research to bring this classic work into the twenty-first century. In addition to looking closely at timely issues like race relations, the book covers the changing configurations of commercial law, criminal law, family law, and the law of property. Friedman furthermore interrogates the vicissitudes of the legal profession and legal education. The underlying theory of this eminently readable book is that the law is the product of society. In this way, we can view the history of the legal system through a sociological prism as it has evolved over the years.