This book considers Section 21 of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 and its significant impact on previously invisible married women in the 19th centu

Recent years have seen extensive discussion about the continuing retreat from marriage, the increasing demand for the right to marry from previously excluded gr

This book argues that insufficient recognition of new families is a legal problem that needs fixing in light of recent evolutions in family patterns and normati

The British Isles provided more overseas settlers than any country in continental Europe during the nineteenth century, but English emigrants to North America h

Contains letters from emigrant workers as well as background and analysis of their value as sources.