Website Search
Find information on spaces, staff, and services.
Catalog Search
Books
Breaking the ties that bound : the politics of marital strife in late imperial Russia
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
- Summary
-
The reforms of 1861 were part of a policy to modernise Russian society, but the undermining of the traditional, patriarchal family order that resulted produced unexpected consequences, including a ...
The reforms of 1861 were part of a policy to modernise Russian society, but the undermining of the traditional, patriarchal family order that resulted produced unexpected consequences, including a 'marriage crisis'. This book explores court archives and places marriage separations of the time in a broader context.
Details
- Creator
- Barbara Alpern Engel
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
-
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016
- Physical Details
-
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780801460692, 0801460697, 9780801449512
- OCLC
- ocn967257271
- Previously issued in print: 2011.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
- Marriage -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
- Marriage -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
- Divorce -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
- Women -- Family relationships -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
- Women -- Family relationships -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
- Family policy -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
- Family policy -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.