Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation by Nancy F. Cott

Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation by Nancy F. Cott

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ISBN: 9780674008755

Harvard University Press, March 2002

304 pages, Paperback

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.