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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Marriage first served to create kinship ties.
Chapter 3: Marriage became vital for expanding economic and political power.
Chapter 4: The Enlightenment and wage labor turned love into marriage’s central purpose.
Chapter 5: In the Victorian age, marriage promised emotional fulfillment but caused sexual frustration.
Chapter 6: After World War II, the male breadwinner model of marriage enjoyed its Golden Age.
Chapter 7: In the 1970s, greater lifestyle freedom led to a crisis in marriage.
Chapter 8: Although contemporary marriage is evolving quickly, it is far from doomed.
Description
Marriage, a History (2005) covers the history of the institution of marriage, from its genesis in the Stone Age to its recent crisis.
Who Should Listen
- People interested in social history and women’s studies
- Couples considering marriage
- Proponents of “traditional” marriage