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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

Author Biography:

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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April 14th, 2022
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  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
10 illustrations
Pages
168
Dimensions
110x175x10
ISBN-13
9780197533178
Product ID
35103077

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