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Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation
Public Vows A History of Marriage and the Nation
Author: Nancy F. Cott
We commonly think of marriage as a private matter between two people, a personal expression of love and commitment. In this pioneering 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 prope...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674003200
ISBN-10: 0674003209
Publication Date: 1/5/2001
Pages: 297
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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