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Polygamy : an early American history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pearsall, Sarah M. S. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Polygamy > North America > History.
Polygamie > Amérique du Nord > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Polygamy.
North America.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part one. Colonial Clashes
  • 1. "Una Casa, Dos Mujeres"
  • 2. "Poligamie/Nintiouiouesaïn"
  • 3. "Christians Have Kept 3 Wives"
  • 4. "Negroe Mens Wifes"
  • Part two. Enlightened Encounters
  • 5. "The Natural Violence of Our Passions"
  • 6. "Such a Revolution as This"
  • 7. "The Repugnance Inherent in Having Multiple Wives"
  • 8. "Defence of Polygamy by a Lady".