Part 1 : Marriage, identity, and the law. 1 Marriage metropole : mobility and marriage in early-nineteenth century Montreal; 2 Companionate patriarchies : money matters and marriage; 3 Marriage trajectories : class, choices, and chance; 4 "Dower this barbarous law" : debating marriage and widows' rights; 5 Imagining widowhood and death : marriage contracts, wills, and funeral provisions
Summary
The diversity of women's lives as wives then as widows negotiating the law, patriarchy, family relationships, and the economy in 19th-century Montreal come alive in this first major study of widows in Canada
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-483) and index
