Domestic Tyranny
The Making of American Social Policy Against Family Violence from Colonial Times to the Present
Elizabeth Pleck (Author)
9780252071751
Paperback / softback, published 24 February 2004
320 pages 22.9 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.513 kg
Elizabeth Pleck's Domestic Tyranny chronicles the rise and demise of legal, political, and medical campaigns against domestic violence from colonial times to the present. Based on in-depth research into court records, newspaper accounts, and autobiographies, this book argues that the single most consistent barrier to reform against domestic violence has been the Family Ideal--that is, ideas about family privacy, conjugal and parental rights, and family stability. This edition features a new introduction surveying the multinational and cultural themes now present in recent historical writing about family violence.
