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Marriage: A History

From: Talking History
Length: 29:02

Marriages were not historically speaking, founded on love, Stephanie Coontz discusses the institution of marriage with Talking History's Linna Place. The show features our regular segments. Read the full description.

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Playing: Marriage: A History
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Default-piece-image-0 Marriage: A History According to the popular song, ?Love and marriage ? go together like a horse and carriage,? but history tells us otherwise. In this the week of Valentine?s Day we turn our attention to marriage with Linna Place?s guest, Stephanie Coontz, who discusses the history of marriage and its changing role from primarily a social and political necessity to the romantic institution we know today. Stephanie Coontz is author of "Marriage, A History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage." And Michael Farquhar joins us in the eighth of a ten part series of readings adapted from his book, "A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's Fakes and Frauds." The program features our regular segments on History in the News, and our recommendation for a Site of the Week.

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Piece Description

Marriage: A History According to the popular song, ?Love and marriage ? go together like a horse and carriage,? but history tells us otherwise. In this the week of Valentine?s Day we turn our attention to marriage with Linna Place?s guest, Stephanie Coontz, who discusses the history of marriage and its changing role from primarily a social and political necessity to the romantic institution we know today. Stephanie Coontz is author of "Marriage, A History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage." And Michael Farquhar joins us in the eighth of a ten part series of readings adapted from his book, "A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's Fakes and Frauds." The program features our regular segments on History in the News, and our recommendation for a Site of the Week.

Broadcast History

Will air the week of February 13th on those stations carrying TALKING HISTORY. Will air internationally on Voice of America.

Timing and Cues

0:00 start
0:01 music
00:06/intro "Welcome to Talking History..
1:28 History In The News
3:10 Linna Coontz interview
21:45 Site Of The Week
23:59 Michael Farquhar
27:53 outtro "And that's it for another week of Talking History.."
29:00 out