History of the Wife

Name: History of the Wife
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ISBN: 9780060931568

ISBN-10: 0060931566

ISBN-13: 9780060931568

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Authors: Marilyn Yalom

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How did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? And, if the original purpose of marriage was procreation, what exactly is the purpose of marriage for women now? Combining "a scholar's rigor and a storyteller's craft"(San Jose Mercury News), distinguished cultural historian Marilyn Yalom charts the evolution of marriage in the Judeo Christian world through the centuries and shows how radically our ideas about marriage have changed. For any woman who is, has been, or ever will be married, this…

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List price: $14.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/5/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Is the Wife an Endangered Species?



Wives in the Ancient World: Biblical, Greek, and Roman Models



Wives in Medieval Europe, 1100-1500



Protestant Wives in Germany, England, and America, 1500-1700



Republican Wives in America and France



Victorian Wives on Both Sides of the Atlantic



Victorian Wives on the American Frontier



The Woman Question and the New Woman



Sex, Contraception, and Abortion in the United States, 1840-1940



Wives, War, and Work, 1940-1950



Toward the New Wife, 1950-2000


Notes


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Index