A historical analysis of the traditional institution of marriage traces its role as a practice designed to acquire favorable in-laws and improve a family's labor force, detailing how marriages have evolved from loveless, arranged unions to their present-day state, in an expos that reveals the impact of Victorian-inspired marital intimacy, divorce, and alternative lifestyles.
Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage
Brand: Viking Adult
$17.27 - $58.05
- UPC:
- 9780670034079
- Maximum Purchase:
- 3 units
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Publication Date:
- 2005-05-19
- Release Date:
- 2005-05-23
- Author:
- Stephanie Coontz
- Language:
- english