An edition of A history of marriage (2010)

A history of marriage

from same sex unions to private vows and common law, the surprising diversity of a tradition

1st U.S. ed.
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An edition of A history of marriage (2010)

A history of marriage

from same sex unions to private vows and common law, the surprising diversity of a tradition

1st U.S. ed.
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Marriage-- in all its loving, unloving, decadent, and impoverished manifestations-- comes alive here through Abbott's infectious enthusiasm and curiosity.

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English
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460

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History of Marriage
2011, Seven Stories Press
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2010, Penguin Canada
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Originally published in Canada by Penguin Group (Canada), 2010 --T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.8109
Library of Congress
HQ503 .A18 2011

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Pagination
xii, 460 p. :
Number of pages
460

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Open Library
OL25055180M
Internet Archive
historyofmarriag0000abbo
ISBN 13
9781609800888, 9781609800857
LCCN
2011292479
OCLC/WorldCat
669755052, 777410092

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