The importance of being monogamous : : marriage and nation building in Western Canada to 1915 /

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The importance of being monogamous : : marriage and nation building in Western Canada to 1915 / / Sarah Carter.

Sarah Carter reveals the pioneering efforts of the government, legal, and religious authorities to impose the “one man, one woman” model of marriage upon Mormons and Aboriginal people in Western Canada. This lucidly written, richly researched book revises what we know about marriage and the gendered...

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Superior document:The West unbound : social and cultural studies
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Carter, Sarah, 1954-.
Place / Publishing House:Edmonton [Alta.] : : University of Alberta Press,, c2008.
Year of Publication:2008
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:West unbound.
Physical Description:1 online resource (400 pages) :; illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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505 0 |a Cover Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; ONE: Creating, Challenging, Imposing, and Defending the Marriage "Fortress"; TWO: Customs Not in Common: THE MONOGAMOUS IDEAL AND DIVERSE MARITAL LANDSCAPE OF WESTERN CANADA; THREE: Making Newcomers to Western Canada Monogamous; FOUR: "A Striking Contrast...Where Perpetuity of Union and Exclusiveness is Not a Rule, at Least Not a Strict Rule": PLAINS ABORIGINAL MARRIAGE; FIVE: The 1886 "Traffic in Indian Girls" Panic and the Foundation of the Federal Approach to Aboriginal Marriage and Divorce 
505 8 |a SIX: Creating "Semi-Widows" and "Supernumerary Wives": PROHIBITING POLYGAMY IN PRAIRIE CANADA'S ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIESSEVEN: "Undigested, Conflicting and Inharmonious": ADMINISTERING FIRST NATIONS MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE; EIGHT: Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y 
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