Title:
History of marriage : from same sex unions to private vows and common law, the surprising ... diversity of a tradition.
Author:
Abbott, Elizabeth, 1942-
Publication Information:
New York : Seven Stories Press, 2015.
Call Number:
HQ503 .A18 2015
Edition:
First US trade paperback edition
ISBN:
9781609806194
Physical Description:
xii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Contents:
Marriage 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.
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