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Informal Marriage, Cohabitation and the Law 1750–1989

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Stephen Parker

    1. Australian National University, Australia

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Stephen Parker
    Pages 1-8

  3. Family and Marriage in the Mid-Eighteenth Century

    • Stephen Parker
    Pages 9-28

  4. Lord Hardwicke’s Act 1753: The Landed Embrace the Loaded

    • Stephen Parker
    Pages 29-47

  5. Marriage and the Law 1754–1927: The State Retreats?

    • Stephen Parker
    Pages 48-95

  6. Welfare, Affluence and the Family since 1945

    • Stephen Parker
    Pages 96-125

  7. The New Family Law

    • Stephen Parker
    Pages 126-157

  8. Conclusion

    • Stephen Parker
    Pages 158-162

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 163-176
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By the author of "Cohabitees", this book traces the boundaries of legal marriage since the Industrial Revolution, from informal marriage practices to modern cohabitation. Changes are placed in their economic, political and social contexts, seen to be the product of class and gender conflict.

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  • Australian National University, Australia

    Stephen Parker

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