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The importance of being monogamous : marriage and nation building in Western Canada to 1915 / Sarah Carter.

By: Series: West unboundPublisher: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: First edition, first printing, 2008Description: 1 online resource (357 pages) : ePub fileContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1897425198
  • 9781897425190
  • 0888644906
  • 9780888644909
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Importance of being monogamous.:; Importance of being monogamous.DDC classification:
  • 306.84/2209712 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ560.15.W4 C37 2008eb
Other classification:
  • cci1icc
  • coll11
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Sarah Carter reveals the pioneering efforts of the government, legal, and religious authorities to impose the "one man, one woman"model of marriage upon Mormons and Aboriginal people in Western Canada. This lucidly written, richly researched book revises what we know about marriage and the gendered politics of late 19th century reform, shifts our understanding of Aboriginal history during that time, and brings together the fields of Indigenous and migrant history in new and important ways.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Co-published by AU Press, Athabasca University.

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.

Sarah Carter reveals the pioneering efforts of the government, legal, and religious authorities to impose the "one man, one woman"model of marriage upon Mormons and Aboriginal people in Western Canada. This lucidly written, richly researched book revises what we know about marriage and the gendered politics of late 19th century reform, shifts our understanding of Aboriginal history during that time, and brings together the fields of Indigenous and migrant history in new and important ways.

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