The importance of being monogamous : marriage and nation building in Western Canada to 1915 / Sarah Carter.
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
- computer
- online resource
- 1897425198
- 9781897425190
- 0888644906
- 9780888644909
- Marriage -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
- Monogamous relationships -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
- Indian women -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
- Mormons -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
- Canada, Western -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Mariage -- Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Monogamie -- Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Indiennes d'Amérique -- Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Mormons -- Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Canada (Ouest) -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family
- Native peoples -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
- Indian women
- Marriage
- Monogamous relationships
- Mormons
- Social conditions
- Canada, Western
- Mariage -- Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Monogamie -- Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Indiennes d'Amérique -- Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Mormons -- Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Autochtones -- Canada (Ouest) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Canada (Ouest) -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
- 1800-1899
- 306.84/2209712 23
- HQ560.15.W4 C37 2008eb
- cci1icc
- coll11
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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