Public vows
a history of marriage and the nation
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Author
Publication
2000 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
74,250 words, Guess
Page Count
297 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL23242220M
- ISBN-139780674003200
- ISBN-100674003209
- OCLC Control Number43977748
- Library of Congress Control Number00031898
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- LibraryThing384154
- Goodreads6079088
Classifications
- LCCHQ536 .C757 2000
Description
"We commonly think of marriage as a private matter between two people, a personal expression of love and commitment. In this history, Nancy F. Cott demonstrates that marriage is and always has been a public institution. From the founding of the United States to the present day, imperatives about the necessity of marriage and its proper form have been deeply embedded in national policy, law, and political rhetoric. Legislators and judges have envisioned and enforced their preferred model of consensual, lifelong monogamy - a model derived from Christian tenets and the English common law, which posits the husband as provider and the wife as dependent."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
In the beginning of the United States, the founders had a political theory of marriage.
Excerpt
In the beginning of the United States, the founders had a political theory of marriage.
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