What is marriage for? /
"Marriage, as E. J. Graff shows in this tour through the history of marriage in the West, has always been a social battleground, its rules constantly shifting to fit each era and economy. The marriage debates have been especially tumultuous for the past hundred and fifty years - in ways that le...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Beacon Press,
c2004.
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| Summary: | "Marriage, as E. J. Graff shows in this tour through the history of marriage in the West, has always been a social battleground, its rules constantly shifting to fit each era and economy. The marriage debates have been especially tumultuous for the past hundred and fifty years - in ways that lead directly to today's debate over whether marriage could mean not just Boy + Girl = Babies, but also Girl + Girl = Love."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 303 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-291) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807041351 (pbk. : alk. paper) |