Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
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Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered MarriageBy: Stephanie Coontz 
Lowest New Price: $9.63List Price: $17.00 Description: Marriage has never been more fragile. But the same things that have made it so have also made a good marriage more fulfilling than ever before. In this enlightening and hugely entertaining book, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes readers from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the sexual torments of Victorian couples 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 only 200 years ago that marriage began to be about love and emotional commitment, and since then the very things that have strengthened marriage as a personal relationship have steadily weakened it as a social institution. Marriage, A History brings intelligence, wit, and some badly needed perspective to today's marital debates and dilemmas. Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Release Date: 2006-02-28 --> Find out more about "Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage" at Amazon.com or Order Now |
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