| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
xii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in Canada by Penguin Group (Canada), 2010 --T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Marriage-- in all its loving, unloving, decadent, and impoverished manifestations-- comes alive here through Abbott's infectious enthusiasm and curiosity. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Marriage -- History.
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Marriage. (OCoLC)fst01010443
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Ehe. (DE-588)4013630-9
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United States. (DE-588)4078704-7
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Westeuropa. (DE-588)4079215-8
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781609800888 (hbk.) |
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1609800885 (hbk.) |
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9781609806194 (pbk.) |
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1609806190 (pbk.) |
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9781609800857 (ebk.) |
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