Many, many years ago I began research on Wife Abuse in 19th Century
America.  My most important early material came from the temperance
movement.  I am still looking at the relationship between alcohol and
abuse, the importance of abused wives in the minds of temperance workers,
and examining in general the culturally determined (or influenced)
behavior of drinkers, so that some beat their wives and others fall
asleep.  Etc.
 
 
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Jerome Nadelhaft             Sabbatical address: [log in to unmask]
History Department
University of Maine
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