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The book "Women And Marriage In Nineteenth-century England" by Joan Perkin challenges the idea that women were content with their inferior role in marriage. It is recommended for students and lecturers in social history and women's studies. The book is praised for breaking stereotypes about Victorian society and providing a more nuanced understanding of marriage by examining it at different social levels.
Joan Perkin demonstrates clearly in this book that women were not content to remain inferior to men in the 'bonds of matrimony'. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers in social history and women's studies. Review: 'It drives a coach and four through most preconceptions about those allegedly stuffy Victorians.' - Observer ' ... lively and interesting. Its strength is that it gets beyond unsatisfactory generalizations about marriage by approaching it at three social levels ... As a result the author succeeds in putting women and marriage into a sharper perspective than is often done ...' - History
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