Daughters of Eve : Pregnant Brides and Unwed Mothers in Seventeenth Century Essex County, Massachusetts
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in American Popular History and Culture
ISBN-10
0415948606
ISBN-13
9780415948609
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 15th, 2004
Print length
212 Pages
Weight
560 grams
Product Classification:
Social & cultural historySociology: family & relationships
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A study of cases of fornication, bastardy, and paternity cases brought before the courts in Essex County, Massachusetts between 1640 and 1692. Prosecution and conviction rates, sentencing patterns, and socio-economic data were analysed to determine that women who bore illegitimate children were punished more severely than their male partners.
This study examines cases of fornication, bastardy, and paternity cases brought before the courts in Essex County, Massachusetts between 1640 and 1692. Prosecution and conviction rates, sentencing patterns, and socio-economic data, as well as attitudes, were analyzed to determine that women who bore illegitimate children were punished more severely than their male partners, and regarded with contempt by the majority of women.
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