This 20th anniversary edition of the text includes a new preface in which the author discusses how other works that have followed have opened up fresh avenues of analysis.[...]
EWe 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, imperative[...]