A History of Marriage From Same Sex Unions to Private Vows and Common Law, the Surprising Diversity of a Tradition
, by Abbott, ElizabethNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781609800888 | 1609800885
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/5/2011
What does the "tradition of marriage" really look like? In A History of Marriage, Elizabeth Abbott paints an often surprising picture of this most public, yet most intimate, institution. Ritual of romance, or social obligation? Eternal bliss, or cult of domesticity? Abbott reveals a complex tradition that includes same-sex unions, arranged marriages, dowries, self-marriages, and child brides. Marriagein all its loving, unloving, decadent, and impoverished manifestationsis revealed here through Abbott's infectious curiosity.