Public Vows : A History of Marriage and the Nation Export

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TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:363697 L3 - citeulike-article-id:363697 N2 - {<p> We 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. </p><p> From the founding of the United States to the present day, imperatives about the necessity of marriage and its proper form have been deeply embedded in national policy, law, and political rhetoric. <i>Public Vows</i> is a panoramic view of marriage's political history, revealing the national government's profound role in our most private of choices.} SN - 0674008758 TI - Public Vows : A History of Marriage and the Nation PB - {Harvard University Press} KW - family KW - family-law KW - marriage KW - us AU - Cott, Nancy PY - 2002/03/08/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/0674008758 ER -