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010 _a 2011292479
020 _a9780143017141
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn669755052
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_beng
050 0 0 _aHQ503
_b.A22 2010
082 0 4 _a306.8109
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100 1 _aAbbott, Elizabeth,
_d1942-
245 1 2 _aA history of marriage :
_bfrom same sex unions to private vows and common law, the surprising diversity of a tradition /
_cElizabeth Abbott.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bSeven Stories Press,
_c2011.
300 _axii, 460 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aMarriage 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.
520 _aMarriage-- in all its loving, unloving, decadent, and impoverished manifestations-- comes alive here through Abbott's infectious enthusiasm and curiosity.
650 0 _aMarriage
_xHistory.
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_cLOAN LOAN
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