ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

What Trouble I Have Seen : A History of Violence Against Wives.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (258 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674042087
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: What Trouble I Have SeenDDC classification:
  • 362.8/292/0973/09034
LOC classification:
  • HV6626
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. "To Maintain His Authority": The Settlement Era -- 2. "When a Man Stoops to Strike a Woman": The 1890s -- 3. "His Face Is Weak and Sensual": Portland and the Whipping Post Law -- 4. "To Use His Muscle on Her": 1920-1945 -- 5. "We Found That We Were Not Alone": The Years after World War II -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Quantitative Measures -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: This first sustained study of violence toward wives in America reflects on societal changes that have affected violence: wife-beating was quietly condoned until the spread of an ethos of self-restraint in the late 19th century; the practice increased with a vengeance with the florescence of expressive individualism during the 20th century.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. "To Maintain His Authority": The Settlement Era -- 2. "When a Man Stoops to Strike a Woman": The 1890s -- 3. "His Face Is Weak and Sensual": Portland and the Whipping Post Law -- 4. "To Use His Muscle on Her": 1920-1945 -- 5. "We Found That We Were Not Alone": The Years after World War II -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Quantitative Measures -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.

This first sustained study of violence toward wives in America reflects on societal changes that have affected violence: wife-beating was quietly condoned until the spread of an ethos of self-restraint in the late 19th century; the practice increased with a vengeance with the florescence of expressive individualism during the 20th century.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.