To have and to hit :  cultural perspectives on wife beating / 
edited by Dorothy Ayers Counts, Judith K. Brown, and Jacquelyn C. Campbell. 
 - 2nd edition. 
 - Urbana, Ill. :  University of Illinois Press,  c1999. 
 - xix, 315 p. :  maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> "The first edition of this book was published as Sanctions and sanctuary: cultural perspectives on the beating of wives (Westview Press, 1992)"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> An interesting selection of essays is presented, starting with "Definitions, assumptions, themes, and issues" and "Wife abuse: does it have an evolutionary origin?". Then studies from around the world are reported: Australia, Africa, Papua New Guinea, Central America,India, Taiwan and other places. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0252024818 0252067975 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wife abuse--Cross-cultural studies.--Developing countries
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6626.23.D44 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.82/92