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Marriage, a History : How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz (2006, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10014303667X
ISBN-139780143036678
eBay Product ID (ePID)12038245053
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Book TitleMarriage, a History : How Love Conquered Marriage
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMarriage & Long-Term Relationships, Social History, Women's Studies, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publication Year2006
GenreFamily & Relationships, Social Science, History
AuthorStephanie Coontz
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight14.7 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsBrilliant and invariably provocative. . . . Pick a favourite presumption and Ms.Coontz proceeds to unravel the mythical conceit.
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Table Of ContentPart One: In Search of Traditional Marriage Chapter 1: The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love Chapter 2: The Many Meanings of Marriage Chapter 3: The Invention of Marriage Part Two: The Era of Political Marriage Chapter 4: Soap Operas of the Ancient World Chapter 5: Something Borrowed: The Marital Legacy of the Classical World and Early Christianity Chapter 6: Playing the Bishop, Capturing the Queen: Aristocratic Marriages in Early Medieval Europe Chapter 7: How the Other 95 Percent Wed: Marriage Among the Common Folk of the Middle Ages Chapter 8: Something Old, Something New: Western European Marriage at the Dawn of the Modern Age Part Three: The Love Revolution Chapter 9: From Yoke Mates to Soul Mates: Emergence of the Love Match and the Male Provider Marriage Chapter 10: "Two Birds Within One Nest": Sentimental Marriage in Nineteenth-Century Europe and North America Chapter 11: "A Heaving Volcano": Beneath the Surface of Victorian Marriage Chapter 12: "The Time When Mountains Move Has Come": From Sentimental to Sexual Marriage Chapter 13: Making Do, Then Making Babies: Marriage in the Great Depression and World War II Chapter 14: The Era of Ozzie and Harriet: The Long Decade of "Traditional" Marriage Part Four: Courting Disaster? The Collapse of Universal and Lifelong Marriage Chapter 15: Winds of Change: Marriage in the 1960s and 1970s Chapter 16: The Perfect Storm: The Transformation of Marriage at the End of the Twentieth Century Chapter 17: Uncharted Territory: How the Transformation of Marriage Is Changing Our Lives Conclusion: Better or Worse? The Future of Marriage Conclusion Notes
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SynopsisIn this surprising landmark book, family historian Coontz explodes every cherished assumption about marriage, starting with the notion of the traditional marriage., Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldn't 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 is--and 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 today's marital debate., In this surprising landmark book, family historian Stephanie Coontz explodes every cherished assumption about marriage, starting with the notion of the traditional marriage. Forget Ozzie and Harriet. Coontz reveals that through most of history, marriage was not a relationship based on mutual love between a breadwinner husband and an at-home wife but an institution devoted to acquiring in-laws and improving the family labor force. How did marriage evolve from the loveless, arranged unions that have endured from the dawn of civilization into the sexualized, volatile relationships of today? Coontz argues that the Victorians, with their radical emphasis on marital intimacy and celebration of the individual, simultaneously made marriage more satisfying and paved the way for alternative lifestyles to thrive: divorce, gay marriage, living together, single parenting. The diminished role of heterosexual marriage in our society is not an aberration, insists Coontz, but the consequence of centuries of irrevocable social change. "Marriage, A History is an engaging narrative of astonishing scope and depth that will stand as a milestone of social history and provoke debate for years to come., Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldn't 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 is-and 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 today's marital debate.
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