The importance of being monogamous marriage and nation building in Western Canada to 1915
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- ISBN: 1897425198 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781897425190 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 383 p.) : ill., ports.
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electronic resource - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 2008.
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General Note: | Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Cover Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; ONE: Creating, Challenging, Imposing, and Defending the Marriage "Fortress"; TWO: Customs Not in Common: THE MONOGAMOUS IDEAL AND DIVERSE MARITAL LANDSCAPE OF WESTERN CANADA; THREE: Making Newcomers to Western Canada Monogamous; FOUR: "A Striking Contrast ... Where Perpetuity of Union and Exclusiveness is Not a Rule, at Least Not a Strict Rule": PLAINS ABORIGINAL MARRIAGE; FIVE: The 1886 "Traffic in Indian Girls" Panic and the Foundation of the Federal Approach to Aboriginal Marriage and Divorce. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
Issuing Body Note: | Co-published by AU Press. |
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