Domestic Reforms
Download or Read eBook Domestic Reforms PDF written by Chris Clarkson and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Chris Clarkson |
| Publisher | : UBC Press |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2011-11-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780774841108 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0774841109 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Domestic Reforms by : Chris Clarkson
Book excerpt: British Columbia inherited a legal system that granted married men control over most family property and imposed few obligations on them toward their wives and children. Yet from the 1860s onward, lawmakers throughout the Anglo-American world, including legislators on the Pacific Coast, began to grant women and children new rights. Domestic Reforms deftly analyzes the impact of the legislation, with emphasis on the ambitions of regulated populations, the influence of the judiciary, and the social and fiscal concerns of generations of legislators and bureaucrats.
