Polygamy: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Pearsall, Sarah M. S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0197533175 ISBN 13: 9780197533178

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2022

Synopsis

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. In Polygamy: A Very Short Introduction, Sarah M. S. Pearsall explores what plural marriages reveal about the inner workings of marriage, the controversies surrounding it in the LDS (Mormon) Church, and how polygamous domestic and sexual relationships have influenced larger dynamics of power, gender, rank, race, and religion in societies all over the world.

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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197533175
• ISBN 13: 9780197533178
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168