Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 An Archaeology of American Monogamy -- 2 Perfecting Community Rules with State Laws -- 3 Domestic Relations on the National Agenda -- 4 Toward a Single Standard -- 5 Monogamy as the Law of Social Life -- 6 Consent, the American Way -- 7 The Modern Architecture of Marriage -- 8 Public Sanctity for a Private Realm -- 9 Marriage Revised and Revived -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index