TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zug,Marcia A.
TI  - Buying a bride: an engaging history of mail-order matches
SN  - 9781479882830
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - gnd
KW  - Eheschließung
KW  - Partnervermittlung
KW  - Versandhandel
KW  - USA
KW  - Marriage--United States
KW  - Marriage brokerage--United States
KW  - Mail order brides--United States
KW  - Fernzugriff
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
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