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A history of marriage : from same sex unions to private vows and common law, the surprising diversity of a tradition / Elizabeth Abbott.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Seven Stories Press, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 460 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780143017141
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.8109 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ503 .A22 2010
Contents:
Marriage in history. Husbands and wives: who were they? ; Learning marriage, rites of passage ; Weddings and the married state ; Love and sex in marriage ; Marriage from within four walls ; Go forth and multiply: children at the heart of marriage ; When things went wrong -- Marriage in the present and future. Unmarried and often single ; A gay focus on the nature of marriage ; Children and parenting in modern marriages ; For richer or poorer: marriage and money ; Marriage and race ; Marriage policies ; Issues at the heart of the marriage debate -- Epilogue: Stop sign.
Summary: Marriage-- in all its loving, unloving, decadent, and impoverished manifestations-- comes alive here through Abbott's infectious enthusiasm and curiosity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Marriage in history. Husbands and wives: who were they? ; Learning marriage, rites of passage ; Weddings and the married state ; Love and sex in marriage ; Marriage from within four walls ; Go forth and multiply: children at the heart of marriage ; When things went wrong -- Marriage in the present and future. Unmarried and often single ; A gay focus on the nature of marriage ; Children and parenting in modern marriages ; For richer or poorer: marriage and money ; Marriage and race ; Marriage policies ; Issues at the heart of the marriage debate -- Epilogue: Stop sign.

Marriage-- in all its loving, unloving, decadent, and impoverished manifestations-- comes alive here through Abbott's infectious enthusiasm and curiosity.

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