Author : Stephanie Coontz
Release : 2006-02-28
Genre : History
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Marriage, a History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Marriage, a History write by Stephanie Coontz. This book was released on 2006-02-28. Marriage, a History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldn’t get any louder, along comes this groundbreaking book to ask, "What tradition?" In Marriage, a History, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes readers from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the torments of Victorian lovers 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 when marriage moved into the emotional sphere in the nineteenth century, she argues, that it suffered as an institution just as it began to thrive as a personal relationship. This enlightening and hugely entertaining book brings intelligence, perspective, and wit to today’s marital debate.