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Marriage, a History
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage | Stephanie Coontz
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Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldnt 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 isand 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 todays marital debate.
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Bailedbailed

Parts of this were interesting but I‘m not enough of a history nerd. It‘s very thorough.

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Mehso-so

The author is a family studies professor. The book takes a look at the history of marriage during different times and cultures in history (though the focus, certainly for modern marriages, is on the Western world). I found this quite interesting. The book has an extensive “Notes” section at the end for those of us who also like to peruse through it for extra tidbits of information.

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SnailorBee
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Been reading this on and off for months trying to finally finish it. We'll see how it goes!

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