The Resource Buying a bride : an engaging history of mail-order matches, Marcia A. Zug
Buying a bride : an engaging history of mail-order matches, Marcia A. Zug
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- Summary
- There have always been mail-order brides in America--but we haven't always thought about them in the same ways. In Buying a Bride, Marcia A. Zug starts with the so-called "Tobacco Wives" of the Jamestown colony and moves all the way forward to today's modern same-sex mail-order grooms to explore the advantages and disadvantages of mail-order marriage. It's a history of deception, physical abuse, and failed unions. It's also the story of how mail-order marriage can offer women surprising and empowering opportunities. Drawing on a forgotten trove of colorful mail-order marriage court cases, Zug explores the many troubling legal issues that arise in mail-order marriage: domestic abuse and murder, breach of contract, fraud (especially relating to immigration), and human trafficking and prostitution. She tells the story of how mail-order marriage lost the benign reputation it enjoyed in the Civil War era to become more and more reviled over time, and she argues compellingly that it does not entirely deserve its current reputation. While it is a common misperception that women turn to mail-order marriage as a desperate last resort, most mail-order brides are enticed rather than coerced. Since the first mail-order brides arrived on American shores in 1619, mail-order marriage has enabled women to improve both their marital prospects and their legal, political, and social freedoms. Buying A Bride uncovers this history and shows us how mail-order marriage empowers women and should be protected and even encouraged
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 305 pages
- Contents
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- Mail-order feminism
- Conclusion
- Introduction
- Lonely colonist seeks wife
- The filles du roi
- Corrections girls and casket girls
- Well disposed toward the ladies : mail-order brides go west
- Advertising for love : the rise of matrimonial advertisements
- Wanted : correspondence
- Marriage at the border
- Isbn
- 9781479882830
- Label
- Buying a bride : an engaging history of mail-order matches
- Title
- Buying a bride
- Title remainder
- an engaging history of mail-order matches
- Statement of responsibility
- Marcia A. Zug
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- There have always been mail-order brides in America--but we haven't always thought about them in the same ways. In Buying a Bride, Marcia A. Zug starts with the so-called "Tobacco Wives" of the Jamestown colony and moves all the way forward to today's modern same-sex mail-order grooms to explore the advantages and disadvantages of mail-order marriage. It's a history of deception, physical abuse, and failed unions. It's also the story of how mail-order marriage can offer women surprising and empowering opportunities. Drawing on a forgotten trove of colorful mail-order marriage court cases, Zug explores the many troubling legal issues that arise in mail-order marriage: domestic abuse and murder, breach of contract, fraud (especially relating to immigration), and human trafficking and prostitution. She tells the story of how mail-order marriage lost the benign reputation it enjoyed in the Civil War era to become more and more reviled over time, and she argues compellingly that it does not entirely deserve its current reputation. While it is a common misperception that women turn to mail-order marriage as a desperate last resort, most mail-order brides are enticed rather than coerced. Since the first mail-order brides arrived on American shores in 1619, mail-order marriage has enabled women to improve both their marital prospects and their legal, political, and social freedoms. Buying A Bride uncovers this history and shows us how mail-order marriage empowers women and should be protected and even encouraged
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zug, Marcia A
- Dewey number
- 306.82
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ802
- LC item number
- .Z84 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mail order brides
- Marriage brokerage
- Marriage
- Mail order brides
- Marriage
- Marriage brokerage
- United States
- Eheschließung
- Partnervermittlung
- Versandhandel
- USA
- Label
- Buying a bride : an engaging history of mail-order matches, Marcia A. Zug
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Mail-order feminism
- Conclusion
- Introduction
- Lonely colonist seeks wife
- The filles du roi
- Corrections girls and casket girls
- Well disposed toward the ladies : mail-order brides go west
- Advertising for love : the rise of matrimonial advertisements
- Wanted : correspondence
- Marriage at the border
- Control code
- ocn926743402
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 305 pages
- Isbn
- 9781479882830
- Lccn
- 2016010310
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780814771815
- (OCoLC)926743402
- Label
- Buying a bride : an engaging history of mail-order matches, Marcia A. Zug
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Mail-order feminism
- Conclusion
- Introduction
- Lonely colonist seeks wife
- The filles du roi
- Corrections girls and casket girls
- Well disposed toward the ladies : mail-order brides go west
- Advertising for love : the rise of matrimonial advertisements
- Wanted : correspondence
- Marriage at the border
- Control code
- ocn926743402
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 305 pages
- Isbn
- 9781479882830
- Lccn
- 2016010310
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780814771815
- (OCoLC)926743402
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