Informal marriage. cohabitation and the law, 1750-1989

Annotation By the author of "Cohabitees," this book traces the boundaries of legal marriage since the Industrial Revolution, from informal marriage practices to modern cohabitation. Changes are placed in their economic, political and social contexts, seen to be the product of class and gender conflict These essays in honor of Bruce Miller focus on key questions in a field to which Miller himself has made important contributions. The analysis begins with the place of the sovereign state in the international system, continues through case studies in relations between major Western powers and developing states, and concludes by examining the relationship in the broad fields of security and economic linkages, the Commonwealth and the impact of the East-West rivalry on North-South relations. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Introduction....Pages 1-8 Family and Marriage in the Mid-Eighteenth Century....Pages 9-28 Lord Hardwicke’s Act 1753: The Landed Embrace the Loaded....Pages 29-47 Marriage and the Law 1754–1927: The State Retreats?....Pages 48-95 Welfare, Affluence and the Family since 1945....Pages 96-125 The New Family Law....Pages 126-157 Conclusion....Pages 158-162 Back Matter....Pages 163-176 This is a book of essays in honour of J.D.B.Miller and looks at the relationship between the West and the Third World. It looks especially at the liberal/democratic West in opposition to the communist East and that version of modernity which is represented by the developed capitalist world. This is a book of essays in honour of J.D.B. Miller and looks at the relationship between the West and the Third World. It looks especially at the liberal/democratic West in opposition to the communist East and that version of modernity which is represented by the developed capitalist world