{"product_id":"great-expectations-marriage-and-divorce-in-post-victorian-america-9780226511702","title":"Great Expectations: Marriage and Divorce in Post-Victorian America","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Elaine Tyler May\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Marriage \u0026amp; Long Term Relationships\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the divorce rate in the United States rose by a staggering 2,000 percent. To understand this dramatic rise, Elaine Tyler May studied over one thousand detailed divorce cases. She found that contrary to common assumptions, divorce was not simply a by-product of women's increasing economic and sexual independence, or a rebellion against marriage. Rather, thwarted hopes for fulfillment in the public sphere drove both men and women to wed at a greater rate and to bring higher expectations to their marriages. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47592137293975,"sku":"9780226511702","price":3451.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226511702.webp?v=1774976394","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/great-expectations-marriage-and-divorce-in-post-victorian-america-9780226511702","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}