Public Vows A History of Marriage and the Nation

Name: Public Vows A History of Marriage and the Nation
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780674008755

ISBN-10: 0674008758

ISBN-13: 9780674008755

Edition: 2001 (Reprint)

Authors: Nancy F. Cott

List price: $25.50

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Semester Rental: $19.09 Due date: 8/14/2024

Rental notice: supplementary materials (access codes, CDs, etc.) are not guaranteed with rental orders.

Buy used: $7.80

Buy new: $29.20

Marketplace

5 new & used from $5.19

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

This volume examines the political history of marriage, analysing the shaping of the accepted model of consensual, lifelong monogamy by legislators and judges throughout American history.

Book details

List price: $25.50
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/8/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction



An Archaeology of American Monogamy



Perfecting Community Rules with State Laws



Domestic Relations on the National Agenda



Toward a Single Standard



Monogamy as the Law of Social Life



Consent, the American Way



The Modern Architecture of Marriage



Public Sanctity for a Private Realm



Marriage Revised and Revived


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index