The Story
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 samesex unions, arranged marriages, dowries, selfmarriages, and child brides. Marriagein all its loving, unloving, decadent, and impoverished manifestationsis revealed here through Abbotts infectious curiosity.
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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 samesex unions, arranged marriages, dowries, selfmarriages, and child brides. Marriagein all its loving, unloving, decadent, and impoverished manifestationsis revealed here through Abbotts infectious curiosity.
