Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage Audiobook (Free)

Just when the clamor more than ‘traditional’ relationship couldn’t get any kind of louder, along comes this groundbreaking reserve to ask, ‘What custom?’ In Relationship, a brief history, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz requires listeners through the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon towards the torments of Victorian fans to demonstrate how recent the idea of marrying for like is-and how absurd it could have appeared to the majority of our ancestors. It was when marriage transferred into the psychological sphere in the nineteenth century, she argues, it suffered as an institution just since it begun to thrive as a personal relationship. This enlightening and hugely entertaining book brings intelligence, perspective, and wit to today’s marital issue.