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A 5 page paper book review of the 1999 text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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University Professor Norma Basch reveals in her impressively researched 1999 text, Framing American Divorce: From the Revolutionary Generation to the Victorians, divorce has been a thread woven throughout the American
tapestry since the nations founding, interweaving legal, social, and cultural attitudes. It is an historical chronicle, to be sure, concentrating primarily on the century between 1770-1870, for as Basch
writes, "If there is an overarching story to be told here, it lies somewhere between the almost silent legitimation of divorce in the post-Revolutionary era and the militant contestations it
elicited in the wake of the Civil War."1 But Framing American Divorce is so much more. In her review of the book, Ruth H. Bloch observed, "At once
strong and subtle, Baschs arguments are peppered with insights about such wide-ranging issues as the relationship between law and society, the marital status of women, and the role of narrative
in the construction of ideology."2 Baschs text contains thoughtful perceptions that elevate the text from a mere retelling of history to a deeply human story of people, places, and
events. Interestingly, despite the obvious cultural and social clashes between north and south that always existed in America, Framing American Divorce contends that, "Regional variations in divorce law were
more pronounced on an east-west axis than a north-south one."3 For instance, in the West, meaning states like Illinois and Indiana, courts and state legislatures were more likely to
grant divorces than the older, more tradition-bound and religiously conservative eastern states were. The book is carefully organized into three sections, which ensures an easy segue from one idea to
another. The first part, entitled "Rules," which consists of three chapters, is based primarily on early American law and politics. According to the author, the story of divorce
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