Article: Can MARRIAGE be saved? Yes -- if we stop idealizing the past, says prof in a level-headed look at the institution

Article: Council on Contemporary Family Leaders Steven Mintz and ...
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Article: In an Anti-Family Way - The work of Stephanie ...
National Review;  October 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Stephanie Coontz is on a mission ... the same anti-marriage conclusion. Here ... Kant wrote that marriage is basically an ... wanted to arrange marriages. But these days ... usually enter a marriage thinking solely ...

Article: Love or money: the matrimonial mystique.(book by Stephanie ...
Harper's Magazine;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Discussed in this essay: Marriage, a History: From ... How Love Conquered Marriage, by Stephanie Coontz. Viking, 2005 ... on the history of marriage written by a self ... these days "most marriages are pretty happy ...

Article: Till children do us part Happy marriages
International Herald Tribune;  February 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Stephanie Coontz The New York Times ... do us part Happy marriages Byline: Stephanie Coontz The New York Times ... to build a happy marriage. Women's magazines ... also holds true for marriage. * Stephanie Coontz, a professor of ...

Article: Taking marriage private Who needs a license?
International Herald Tribune;  November 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Stephanie Coontz The New York Times ... 27-2007 Taking marriage private Who needs a license? Byline: Stephanie Coontz The New York Times ... didn't, because marriage was a private contract ... to require that marriages be performed under ...

Article: 'MARRIAGE' POPS A FEW INTERESTING QUESTIONS.(Spotlight)
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Article: Marriage has no 'essence': It has been shaped and reshaped ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  July 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Conquered Marriage, by Stephanie Coontz, published by Viking. - - - Does marriage, as some conservatives ... according to Stephanie Coontz, who finds that when it comes to marriage, the most reliable ... about a quarter of marriages involved brothers ...