· Susan Squire is the author of three books, most recently I Don’t: A Contrarian History of Marriage (Bloomsbury USA, August ). Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times Magazine, New York, and The Washington Post, and in the best-selling essay collection, The Bitch in the bltadwin.ru: Marshal Zeringue. I Don't: A Contrarian History of Marriage. Susan Squire, Bloomsbury USA. pp. ISBN In Brief. A provocative survey of marriage and what it has meant for society, politics, religion, and the home. For ten thousand years, marriage—and the idea of marriage—has been at the very foundation of human society. I Dont A Contrarian History Of Marriage by Susan Squire available in Hardcover on bltadwin.ru, also read synopsis and reviews. In this provocative and ambitious book, Squire unravels the turbulent history and many implications.
In I Don't: A Contrarian History of Marriage, Squire limns the many millennia in the West, from Biblical through ancient Greek and Roman times, the Dark Ages, and the Renaissance, when marriages. 7. I Don't: A Contrarian History of Marriage by Susan Squire. 8. I'm OK - You're OK by Thomas A. Harris. 9. If This Is Love Why Do I Feel So Insecure? by Carl G. Hindy. Keeping the Love You Find by Harville Hendrix. Liebe. Ein unordentliches Gef¸hl by Richard David Precht. I Don't: A Contrarian History of Marriage by Susan Squire 1. You can find the hardcover book on Amazon, or, try to find it where I did, at your public library. We kick off our historic journey asking why marriage at all? For thousands of years, marriage has been at the very foundation of civilization in the West.
I feel kind of bad saying this, but I was a bit disappointed by this book. The author writes in a humorous fashion, gives a nice overview of the ways people’s views of marriage changed over the years, but she concludes in the 16th century with Martin Luther. Susan Squire's I Don't, A Contrarian History of Marriage is an intelligent and playful history of an institution we're all captivated by in one way or another but know little about. Her writing is funny and outrageous because it's true. Squire imparts the horrendous ways every western society--Greeks, Romans, Christians--treated women. In this provocative and ambitious book, Squire unravels the turbulent history and many implications of the institution of marriage. The author 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.
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