A history of marriage
Subtitle: from same sex unions to private vows and common law, the surprising diversity of a tradition
By: Elizabeth Abbott
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9781609800888; 9781609800857
Subjects: Marriage; History
Description: Marriage-- in all its loving, unloving, decadent, and impoverished manifestations-- comes alive here through Abbott's infectious enthusiasm and curiosity.
Notes: Originally published in Canada by Penguin Group (Canada), 2010 --T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 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; title: Epilogue: Stop sign.