Marriage, a history : from obedience to intimacy, or how love conquered marriage
Coontz, Stephanie2005
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An analysis of the institution of marriage detailing how marriages have evolved from loveless unions to their current state, in an expos e that reveals the impacts of Victorian-inspired marital intimacy, divorce, and alternative lifestyles.
Main title:
Marriage, a history : from obedience to intimacy, or how love conquered marriage / Stephanie Coontz.
Author:
Imprint:
New York, N.Y. ; London : Viking, 2005.
Collation:
xi, 432 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-413) and index.
Contents:
In search of traditional marriageThe era of political marriageThe love revolutionCourting disaster? The collapse of universal and lifelong marriageFor better or worse? The future of marriage.
ISBN:
9780670034079
Dewey class:
306.8109
Local class:
306.8109
Language:
English
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BRN:
1025093