This book is perfect for anyone curious about the historical evolution of marriage, and how love became the basis of the institution today. The author provides a fascinating insight into different cultures, periods, and individuals who have shaped the institution of marriage. This book will challenge any preconceptions about marriage and also offer a new perspective on how love has transformed the institution.

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Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldn’t get any louder, along comes this groundbreaking book to ask, "What tradition?" In Marriage, a History , historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes readers from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the torments of Victorian lovers to demonstrate how recent the idea of marrying for love is—and how absurd it would have seemed to most of our ancestors. It was when marriage moved into the emotional sphere in the nineteenth century, she argues, that it suffered as an institution just as it began to thrive as a personal relationship. This enlightening and hugely entertaining book brings intelligence, perspective, and wit to today’s marital debate.

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