Informal Marriage, Cohabitation and the Law 1750-1989

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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.