Women and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century England

Joan Perkin demonstrates clearly in this book that women were not content to remain inferior to men in the 'bonds of matrimony'.

Joan Perkin

Introduction 1 WOMEND AND THE LAW I MARRIAGE A LA MODE 2 A FAMILY ON THE THRONE 3 ONE LAW FOR THE RICH 4 THE GLORIOUS LICENS OF A WIFE 5 THE PROVOKED WIFE II RESPECTABLES AND THE ROUGHS 6 ANOTHER LAW FOR THE POOR 7 A LIFE OF WILLING SACRIFICE 8 ROUGH AND READY WOMEN 9 THE COUNTRY WIFE III THE GILDEN CAGE 10 THE CRUSADE AGAINST MARRIAGE 11 THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE 12 A LIFE OF ONE'S OWN 13 THE BATTLE OF JERICHO CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX