false 3550810 2 A provocative survey of marriage and what it has meant for society, politics, religion, and the home.<BR>For ten thousand years, marriage&#8212;and the idea of marriage&#8212;has been at the very foundation of human society. In this provocative and ambitious book, Susan Squire unravels the turbulent history and many implications of our most basic institution. Starting with the discovery, long before recorded time, that sex leads to paternity (and hence to couplehood), and leading up to the dawn of the modern &#8220;love marriage,&#8221; Squire delves into the many ways men and women have come together and what the state of their unions has meant for history, society, and politics &#8211; especially the politics of the home.<BR>This book is the product of thirteen years of intense research, but even more than the intellectual scope, what sets it apart is Squire&#8217;s voice and contrarian boldness. Learned, acerbic, opinionated, and funny, she draws on everything from Sumerian mythology to Renaissance theater to Victorian housewives&#8217; manuals (sometimes all at the same time) to create a vivid, kaleidoscopic view of the many things marriage has been and meant. The result is a book to provoke and fascinate readers of all ideological stripes: feminists, traditionalists, conservatives, and progressives alike. 3592868 22 7 2008 I Don't: A Contrarian History of Marriage total:96|5:10|4:32|3:41|2:11|1:2| 96 325 334 40 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 2 2 false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 06 22:35:52 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 19 10:38:41 -0800 2009 I was so excited to read this book. Seriously. This is evidenced by: 1. Every time I went to a bookstore, I sought it out, gently caressed it, and lamented the the fact that it cost $26 (plus tax). This behavior has many witnesses. 2. I waited on the hold list at the librar...more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 4 1 false Sun Nov 16 10:24:35 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 20:53:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 4 1 false Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 17:57:42 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 09:01:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 3 1 false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 07:52:50 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 07:58:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 4 0 false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 17:04:28 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 17:08:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 0 1 false Sun Mar 08 19:12:13 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 24 20:14:11 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 19:12:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 3 0 false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 02:02:09 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 14:51:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 3 0 false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 08:45:14 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:39:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 2 0 false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 15:42:20 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 15:54:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 5 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 16:48:17 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 16:53:08 -0800 2008 1
Further, I appreciated the humor when delving into such a depressing histo...more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 4 0 false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 06:05:36 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 11:03:45 -0800 2008
Susan Squire starts with Genesis and traces the history of marriage from Biblical beginnings up through the reformation, ending with Martin Luther. Marriage here only ser...more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 2 0 false Mon Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 10:38:29 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 13:15:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 4 0 false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:23:19 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 14:59:00 -0700 2009 Marriage, a History: from Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage) was disappointing....more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 3 0 false Tue Dec 30 20:15:04 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 20:19:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 20:15:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 5 0 false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 08:38:05 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 08:39:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 5 0 false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 17:08:39 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 12:27:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 2 0 false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 07:52:36 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 11:14:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 3 0 false Sat May 23 20:29:57 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 23:13:07 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 20:29:57 -0700 2009 A History of The Wife. A lot of the same information and scholarship distilled down to the most hilariously devastating one-liners on marriage (and women) by the great thinkers and leaders of our species. Condensed into 200 pages we s...more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 0 0 false Fri Jan 02 12:07:02 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 02 10:16:33 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 12:07:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3550810 1582341192 9781582341194 96 40 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3550810.I_Don_t_A_Contrarian_History_of_Marriage 4 0 false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 21:30:24 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 21:31:38 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3550810