Marriage, a history

by Stephanie Coontz

2005 448 pages eng ★ 3.3 (3 ratings)

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 lov…