Courtship, Love, and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century English Canada

• Author(s): W. Peter Ward,
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
• Pages: 219
• ISBN_10: 0773507493
  ISBN_13: 9780773507494
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Family & Relationships / Love & Romance , History / Canada / General , History / Social History , REFERENCE / Weddings , SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family ,

Description:... Argues that freedom to love, court, and marry in nineteenth-century English Canada was constrained by an intricate social, institutional, and familial framework which greatly influenced the behavior of young couples both before and after marriage.