國立高雄大學圖資館 |

Language: English

Back

Broken engagementsthe action for bre...

Lettmaier, Saskia.

Broken engagementsthe action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Broken engagementsSaskia Lettmaier.
Reminder of title:	the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 /
Author:	Lettmaier, Saskia.
Published:	Oxford :Oxford University Press,2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 209 p.).
Subject:	Breach of promiseHistory19th century.Great Britain
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199569977.001.0001
ISBN:	9780191722066 (ebook) :

Broken engagementsthe action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 /
Lettmaier, Saskia.

Broken engagementsthe action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 /[electronic resource] :Saskia Lettmaier. - Oxford :Oxford University Press,2010. - 1 online resource (xx, 209 p.). - Oxford studies in modern legal history. - Oxford studies in modern legal history..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Lettmaier 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.

ISBN: 9780191722066 (ebook) :No priceSubjects--Topical Terms:

577900
Breach of promise
--History--Great Britain--19th century.

LC Class. No.: KD754

Dewey Class. No.: 346.4'2016

Broken engagementsthe action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 /
LDR:01291nmm 2200265 a 4500 001 346979
003 StDuBDS
005 20120531154319.0
006 m||||||||d||||||||
007 cr||||||||||||
008 121113s2010 enk fo 001 0 eng|d
020 $a 9780191722066 (ebook) : $c No price
020 $a 0191722065 (ebook) : $c No price
035 $a EDZ0000076075
040 $a StDuBDS $c StDuBDS
050 4 $a KD754
082 0 4 $a 346.4'2016 $2 22
100 1 $a Lettmaier, Saskia. $3 577899
245 1 0 $a Broken engagements $h [electronic resource] : $b the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 / $c Saskia Lettmaier.
260 $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2010.
300 $a 1 online resource (xx, 209 p.).
490 1 $a Oxford studies in modern legal history
504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 $a Lettmaier 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 $a Description based on print version record.
650 0 $a Breach of promise $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. $3 577900
650 0 $a Breach of promise $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. $3 577901
650 0 $a Betrothal in literature. $3 577902
650 0 $a Betrothal in motion pictures. $3 577903
650 0 $a Women $z Great Britain $x Social conditions $y 19th century. $3 373958
650 0 $a Women $z Great Britain $x Social conditions $y 20th century. $3 577904
776 0 8 $i Print version $z 9780199569977
830 0 $a Oxford studies in modern legal history. $3 392518
856 4 0 $3 Oxford scholarship online $u http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199569977.001.0001