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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. One: Creating, Challenging, Imposing, and Defending the Marriage “Fortress”
  4. Two: Customs Not in Common: The Monogamous Ideal and Diverse Marital Landscape of Western Canada
  5. Three: Making Newcomers to Western Canada Monogamous
  6. Four: “A Striking Contrast... Where Perpetuity of Union and Exclusiveness is Not a Rule, at Least Not a Strict Rule”: Plains Aboriginal Marriage
  7. Five: The 1886 “Traffic in Indian Girls” Panic and the Foundation of the Federal Approach to Aboriginal Marriage and Divorce
  8. Six: Creating “Semi-Widows” and “Supernumerary Wives”: Prohibiting Polygamy in Prairie Canada’s Aboriginal Communities
  9. Seven: “Undigested, Conflicting and Inharmonious”: Administering First Nations Marriage and Divorce
  10. Eight: Conclusion
  11. Appendix
  12. Notes
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index

The Importance of Being MonogamousMarriage and Nation Building in Western Canada in 1915

Sarah Carter

A black and white photograph of a young Métis married couple Sarah née Petit Couteau and Joseph Descheneausitting, sitting beside each other as they pose for the camera. The young man is in a suit and a hat, and his young wife is dressed in a high neck dress and her hair tied up in a bun.

Logo: The University of Alberta Press. Logo: Athabasca University Press.

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