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A lively account of the history of American courtship from 1770-1920, "drawing on diaries, autobiographies and personal correspondence,...young men and women tell in their own words what it was like to search for and find a mate...".
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2 editions- Other · English · 1987Harvard University Press · 370 pages · 9780674371606
- Other · English · 1984Basic Books, Inc. · 370 pages · 9780465028801
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