In the Eyes of the Law: Women, Marriage, and Property in Nineteenth-Century New York

Published by Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY in 1982 with a dust jacket. It contains a Selected Bibliography and an Index. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number (LCCN) 82-2454. "This book ... is an exploration of nineteenth-century social and ideological conflict over the appropriate roles for American women in marriage, in the economy, and in the political life of the nation. At the time of writing Basch was a Professor at Rutgers University.