Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
Author: Stephanie Coontz
Brand: Penguin
Color: Multicolor
Edition: Reprint
Features:
- Penguin Books
Binding: paperback
Format: roughcut
Number Of Pages: 448
Release Date: 28-02-2006
Part Number: 9780143036678
Details: Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldnтАЩt 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 isтАФand 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 todayтАЩs marital debate.
EAN: 9780143036678
Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.0 inches
Languages: English
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Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
Author: Stephanie Coontz
Brand: Penguin
Color: Multicolor
Edition: Reprint
Features:
- Penguin Books
Binding: paperback
Format: roughcut
Number Of Pages: 448
Release Date: 28-02-2006
Part Number: 9780143036678
Details: Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldnтАЩt 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 isтАФand 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 todayтАЩs marital debate.
EAN: 9780143036678
Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.0 inches
Languages: English
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Author: Stephanie Coontz
Brand: Penguin
Color: Multicolor
Edition: Reprint
Features:
- Penguin Books
Binding: paperback
Format: roughcut
Number Of Pages: 448
Release Date: 28-02-2006
Part Number: 9780143036678
Details: Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldnтАЩt 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 isтАФand 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 todayтАЩs marital debate.
EAN: 9780143036678
Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.0 inches
Languages: English
