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Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
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Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
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by Stephanie Coontz
Sales Rank : 44470
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Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Penguin Non-Classics February 28, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 014303667X
ISBN-13: 978-0143036678
Product Dimensions:
8.3 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
Product Description
Marriage has never been more fragile. But the same things that have made it so have also made a good marriage more fulfilling than ever before. In this enlightening and hugely entertaining book, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes readers from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the sexual torments of Victorian couples to demonstrate how recent the idea of marrying for love is-and how absurd it would have seemed to most of our ancestors. It was only 200 years ago that marriage began to be about love and emotional commitment, and since then the very things that have strengthened marriage as a personal relationship have steadily weakened it as a social institution. Marriage, A History brings intelligence, wit, and some badly needed perspective to today's marital debates and dilemmas.
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"Provocative, erudite and entertaining. What makes this book so important is its honesty and courage. It raises the important debates about marriage in America to a higher level."
—Chicago Tribune
"Engrossing. . . Coontz is at the top of her writing game here."
—The Seattle Times
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