Buying a bride : an engaging history of mail-order matches
Zug, Marcia A.
Buying a bride : an engaging history of mail-order matches Marcia A. Zug - 1st ed. - New York : New York University Press, 2016. ©2016. - 1 online resource (316 pages)
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. WHEN MAIL-ORDER BRIDES WERE HEROES -- 1. Lonely Colonist Seeks Wife -- 2. The Filles du Roi -- 3. Corrections Girls and Casket Girls -- 4. Well Disposed toward the Ladies: Mail-Order Brides Go West -- PART II. MAIL-ORDER MARRIAGE ACQUIRES A BAD REPUTATION -- 5. Advertising for Love: The Rise of Matrimonial Advertisements -- 6. Wanted-Correspondence -- 7. Marriage at the Border -- 8. Mail-Order Feminism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- About the Author.
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9781479882830
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Partnervermittlung
Versandhandel
USA
Marriage--United States Marriage brokerage--United States Mail order brides--United States
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Buying a bride : an engaging history of mail-order matches Marcia A. Zug - 1st ed. - New York : New York University Press, 2016. ©2016. - 1 online resource (316 pages)
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. WHEN MAIL-ORDER BRIDES WERE HEROES -- 1. Lonely Colonist Seeks Wife -- 2. The Filles du Roi -- 3. Corrections Girls and Casket Girls -- 4. Well Disposed toward the Ladies: Mail-Order Brides Go West -- PART II. MAIL-ORDER MARRIAGE ACQUIRES A BAD REPUTATION -- 5. Advertising for Love: The Rise of Matrimonial Advertisements -- 6. Wanted-Correspondence -- 7. Marriage at the Border -- 8. Mail-Order Feminism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- About the Author.
No detailed description available for "Buying a Bride".
9781479882830
Eheschließung
Partnervermittlung
Versandhandel
USA
Marriage--United States Marriage brokerage--United States Mail order brides--United States
Fernzugriff