BUYING A BRIDE: An Engaging History of Mail-Order Matches
Tells the story of how mail-order marriage lost the benign reputation it enjoyed in the Civil War era to become more and more reviled over time, and Zug argues that it does not entirely deserve its current reputation. Mail-order marriage has enabled women to increase their marital prospects as well as their legal, political, social freedoms, and more. Well illus.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 305
Publisher: NYUP
ISBN: 9780814771815
Item #: 7871384