Making Marriage Work

A History of Marriage and Divorce in the Twentieth-Century United States

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Sociology
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Author: Kristin Celello ISBN: 9780807889824
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: February 1, 2009
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: Kristin Celello
ISBN: 9780807889824
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: February 1, 2009
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

By the end of World War I, the skyrocketing divorce rate in the United States had generated a deep-seated anxiety about marriage. This fear drove middle-class couples to seek advice, both professional and popular, in order to strengthen their relationships. In Making Marriage Work, historian Kristin Celello offers an insightful and wide-ranging account of marriage and divorce in America in the twentieth century, focusing on the development of the idea of marriage as "work." Throughout, Celello illuminates the interaction of marriage and divorce over the century and reveals how the idea that marriage requires work became part of Americans' collective consciousness.

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By the end of World War I, the skyrocketing divorce rate in the United States had generated a deep-seated anxiety about marriage. This fear drove middle-class couples to seek advice, both professional and popular, in order to strengthen their relationships. In Making Marriage Work, historian Kristin Celello offers an insightful and wide-ranging account of marriage and divorce in America in the twentieth century, focusing on the development of the idea of marriage as "work." Throughout, Celello illuminates the interaction of marriage and divorce over the century and reveals how the idea that marriage requires work became part of Americans' collective consciousness.

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