Since the late nineteenth century, fears that marriage is in crisis have reverberated around the world. This volume explores this phenomenon, asking why people

Since the late nineteenth century, fears that marriage is in crisis have reverberated around the world. Each chapter in Domestic Tensions, National Anxieties co

Examines the experiences of couples in controversial unions and the legal and cultural backlash against contested marital arrangements in twentieth-century Amer

Marriage, Law and Modernity offers a global perspective on the modern history of marriage. Widespread recent debate has focused on the changing nature of famili

Examining Islamic court records, this book sheds new light on Zanzibar's history of gender, social and racial identity.