Abbott, Elizabeth,  1942- <br/><br/>
A history of marriage :  from same sex unions to private vows and common law, the surprising diversity of a tradition / 
Elizabeth Abbott. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Seven Stories Press,  2011. 
 - xii, 460 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Marriage-- in all its loving, unloving, decadent, and impoverished manifestations-- comes alive here through Abbott's infectious enthusiasm and curiosity. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780143017141 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011292479 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Marriage--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ503  / .A22 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.8109