Engel, Barbara Alpern.

Breaking the ties that bound the politics of marital strife in late imperial Russia / [electronic resource] : Barbara Alpern Engel. - Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2011. - xi, 282 p. : ill., ports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : marriage and its discontents -- The ties that bound -- Making marriage : romantic ideals and female rhetoric -- Money matters -- Disciplining laboring husbands -- Earning my own crust of bread -- Cultivating domesticity -- The right to love -- The best interests of the child -- Conclusion : the politics of marital strife.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Marriage--History--Russia--19th century.
Marriage--History--Russia--20th century.
Divorce--History--Russia--19th century.
Women--Family relationships--History--Russia--19th century.
Women--Family relationships--History--Russia--20th century.
Family policy--History--Russia--19th century.
Family policy--History--Russia--20th century.


Electronic books.

HQ637 / .E54 2011

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