TY - BOOK AU - Harris,Leslie J. ED - Project Muse. TI - State of the marital union: rhetoric, identity, and nineteenth-century marriage controversies SN - 9781481300537 AV - HQ535 .H37 2014 U1 - 306.81097309/034 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Waco PB - Baylor University Press KW - Marriage KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: marriage and the nation -- Abuse, murder, and discipline in marriage -- Constituting the divorced citizen and saving the nation -- Polygamy and the relics of barbarism -- Free love, licentiousness, and civic identity -- Miscegenation and the future of civilization -- Conclusion: state of the (marital) union UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781481300537/ ER -