Polygamy
A Very Short Introduction
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- Paperback
168 pages
- Release Date
18 May 2022
Summary
Marriage has not always meant just one man and one woman. For much of human history, over much of the globe, the most common alternative was polygamy: marriage involving more than one spouse. Polygamy, or plural marriage, has long been an accepted form of union in human societies, involving people living on every continent. However, polygamy has come to symbolize a problematic, even
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197533178 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0197533175 |
| Author: | Sarah M.S. Pearsall |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 18 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 136g |
| Dimensions: | 116mm x 177mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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About The Author
Sarah M.S. Pearsall
Sarah M. S. Pearsall is Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and previously taught early American and Atlantic history at Cambridge University, where she was a fellow of Robinson College. Her work on marriages and families has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the British Academy. She is the author of Polygamy: An Early American History.
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