Her brother Fred – that staple of the 19th-century novel, the young man pursued by debtors – has to redeem himself before he is allowed near his potential bride. But the key story is of the ...

In “Bright Circle,” Randall Fuller shines a light on the women behind — and before — the male philosophers of 19th-century ...

“Hawking Subscription Books in 1870: A Salesman’s Prospectus from Western Pennsylvania”. The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 78.2: 137–53. Hackenberg, Michael. 1987. “The Subscription ...

Law professor explores Southern marriage as a history of escape for women, and finds modern love doesn't fare much better.

and among American Mormons in the 19th century. Polygamy is still common across much of the Muslim world. The idea of marriage as a sexually exclusive, romantic union between one man and one woman ...

By the 19th century, in the Victorian era, "love match" marriages became the common aspiration. In 1920, women won the right to vote, transforming marriage into a union of two full citizens ...