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020			_a9780191722066 (ebook) : _cNo price
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100	1		_aLettmaier, Saskia.
245	1	0	_aBroken engagements _h[electronic resource] : _bthe action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 / _cSaskia Lettmaier.
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (xx, 209 p.).
490	1		_aOxford studies in modern legal history
520	8		_aLettmaier explores ideals of femininity during the 19th and early 20th centuries by charting responses to broken engagements. Interweaving a history of the legal remedies for a broken promise of marriage with literary accounts from Dickens to Wodehouse, it offers an insight into attitudes to female identity.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aBreach of promise _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aBreach of promise _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aBetrothal in literature.
650		0	_aBetrothal in motion pictures.
650		0	_aWomen _zGreat Britain _xSocial conditions _y19th century.
650		0	_aWomen _zGreat Britain _xSocial conditions _y20th century.
776	0	8	_iPrint version _z9780199569977
830		0	_aOxford studies in modern legal history.
856	4	0	_3Oxford scholarship online _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199569977.001.0001
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c40447 _d40447