Introduction : marriage and its discontents
The ties that bound
Making marriage : romantic ideals and female rhetoric
Money matters
Disciplining laboring husbands
Earning my own crust of bread
Cultivating domesticity
The right to love
The best interests of the child
Conclusion : the politics of marital strife.
Breaking the ties that bound : the politics of marital strife in late imperial Russia by Barbara Alpern Engel. ISBN 9780801449512. Published by Cornell University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.