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This book is the first cultural interpretation of why marriages dissolve so frequently in the West, which has had the highest divorce rate in the world since the 1870s. Riley devotes separate chapters to the life cycle of relationshipscourtship, the factors influencing marriage, the difficulties of intermarrying, and the dissolving of unions through separation, desertion, and divorce. She finds that family conflict occurred across cultures throughout the West when traditions clashed and people were unwilling or unable to blend beliefs or practices. Riley looks at a wide range of courtship and marriage practices among Anglos, Native Americans, Hispanics, and African Americans. She argues that cultural and ethnic traditions often overlapped but never gave rise to widely accepted norms.

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title Building and Breaking Families in the American West Calvin P Horn - photo 1
title:Building and Breaking Families in the American West Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History and Culture
author:Riley, Glenda.
publisher:University of New Mexico
isbn10 | asin:0826317200
print isbn13:9780826317209
ebook isbn13:9780585214788
language:English
subjectFamily--West (U.S.)--History, Marriage--West (U.S.)--History, Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--History.
publication date:1996
lcc:HQ535.R55 1996eb
ddc:306.85/0978
subject:Family--West (U.S.)--History, Marriage--West (U.S.)--History, Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--History.
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Building and Breaking Families in the American West
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A VOLUME IN THE CALVIN P. HORN
LECTURES IN WESTERN HISTORY AND CULTURE
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Building and Breaking Families in the American West
Glenda Riley
A Volume in the Calvin P. Horn
Lectures in Western History and Culture
University of New Mexico Press
Albuquerque
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1996 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST EDITION
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
RILEY, GLENDA, 1938
BUILDING AND BREAKING FAMILIES IN THE AMERICAN WEST
GLENDA RILEY. 1ST ED.
P. CM.
CALVIN P. HORN LECTURES IN WESTERN HISTORY AND CULTURE
INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES AND INDEX.
ISBN 0-8263-1719-7 (CLOTH) ISBN 0-8263-1720-0 (PAPER)
1. FAMILYWEST (U.S.)HISTORY.
2. MARRIAGEWEST (U.S.)-HISTORY.
3. FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFEWEST (U.S.)HISTORY.
I. TITLE. II. SERIES.
HQ535.R55 1996
306-85'0978DC20 95-41743
CIP
Permission has been granted by Oxford University Press to use, in altered form,
material from Divorce: An American Tradition (1991), pp. 85107, 13033, 13557, 16164;
and from Harlan Davidson, Inc., to use, in altered form, material from
A Place to Grow: Women in the American West (1992), pp. 16475.
DESIGNED BY SUE NIEWIAROWSKI
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For Anne Butler and Dick Etulain
Friends to cherish and scholars to emulate
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Contents
Acknowledgments
XI
Introduction
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Courting and Committing
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2
Marrying: For Better or Worse?
43
3
Intermarrying: Why So Difficult?
73
4
Separating, Deserting, Divorcing
113
Epilogue
145
Notes
153
Index
197

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Illustrations
Section 1
(Following Page 31)
Following page 31
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"The Wife" from Godey's Lady's Book (1831)
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A Chippewa "Wife"
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A Hispanic New Mexican "Wife"
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Young Native American Women
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Niwok Camp
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A Santa Fe Fandango
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Men Outnumbered Women in Early Western Settlements
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Churches and Social Clubs Provided Venues for Courting
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Socializing Occurred at Picnics and Holiday Celebrations
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A Courting Couple
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Cultural Traditions Shaped Wedding Ceremonies
12
Married Couples Often Combined Cultural Heritages
Section 2
(Following Page 101)
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A Native American, her Descendants, and Non-Indian in-Laws
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Anglo Values Were Often Imposed on Native Americans
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Harsh Living Conditions Placed Stresses on Western Families
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Black Couples Often Confronted Discrimination
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Interracial Marriages Faced Various Pressures
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Reward Poster of a Wife Who Left Her Spouse
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Cherokee National Council in Tahlequah Granted Divorces
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Law Offices in Guthrie, Oklahoma
21
Minnehaha Courthouse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
22
Las Vegas Became Famous for "Quickie Divorces and Marriages"
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A Young Westerner

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