American Marriage: A Political Institution

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American Marriage AMERICAN GOVERNANCE: POLITICS, POLICY, AND PUBLIC LAW Series Editors: Richard Valelly, Pamela Brandwein, Marie Gottschalk, Christopher Howard A complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher. university of pennsylvania press philadelphia American Marriage A Political Institution PRISCILLA YAMIN Copyright © 2012 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Yamin, Priscilla. American marriage : a political institution / Priscilla Yamin. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (American governance: politics, policy, and public law) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8122-4424-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Marriage—Political aspects—United States—History. 2. Marriage law—United States—History. 3. United States—Social policy—History. I. Title. II. Series: American governance. HQ535.Y35 2012 306.810973—dc23 2012002589 For Joe, and for Ben and Adam This page intentionally left blank ...