# The Social Origins of Private Life

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- Authors: [Stephanie Coontz](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephanie-coontz)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-08-6091-907-0
- Pages: 366
- Published: 1988-11-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A highly original account of the evolution of the family unit Current debates about the future of the family are often based on serious misconceptions about its past. Arguing that there is no biologically...