Bibliograph

Polygamy, an early American history, Sarah M.S. Pearsall

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Polygamy, an early American history, Sarah M.S. Pearsall

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Polygamy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1089483710

Responsibility statement

Sarah M.S. Pearsall

Sub title

an early American history

Summary

"A groundbreaking examination of polygamy showing that monogamy was not the only form marriage took in early America. Today we tend to think of polygamy as an unnatural marital arrangement characteristic of fringe sects or uncivilized peoples. Historian Sarah Pearsall shows us that polygamy's surprising history encompasses numerous colonies, indigenous communities, and segments of the American nation. Polygamyas well as the fight against itilluminates many touchstones of American history: the Pueblo Revolt and other uprisings against the Spanish; Catholic missions in New France; New England settlements and King Philip's War; the entrenchment of African slavery in the Chesapeake; the Atlantic Enlightenment; the American Revolution; missions and settlement in the West; and the rise of Mormonism. Pearsall expertly opens up broader questions about monogamy's emergence as the only marital option, tracing the impact of colonial events on property, theology, feminism, imperialism, and the regulation of sexuality. She shows that heterosexual monogamy was never the only model of marriage in North America." --Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

"Una casa, dos mujeres" -- "Poligamie/Nintiouiouesain" -- "Christians have kept 3 wives" -- "Negroe mens wifes" -- "The natural violence of our passions" -- "Such a revolution as this" -- "The repugnance inherent in having multiple wives" -- "Defence of polygamy by a lady."

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