Download or read book Courtship, Love, and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century English Canada written by W. Peter Ward and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1990 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that freedom to love, court, and marry in nineteenth-century English Canada was constrained by an intricate social, institutional, and familial framework which greatly influenced the behavior of young couples both before and after marriage.