{"product_id":"modern-love-1","title":"Modern Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eModern Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcus Collins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e sets out to survey the changing expectations men and women have brought to their relationships with one another.' -- Damian Thompson, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on social, economic and political history, \u003ci\u003eModern Love\u003c\/i\u003e explains for the first time at book length how relations changed between men and women in Britain in the twentieth century. Marcus Collins shows how men and women's expectations from life radically shifted and converged, describing how we moved from inhabiting our separate spheres with wholly different prospects and values towards the ideal, if not quite the actuality, of equality, mutuality, companionship and friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Enlightening... Collins charts the progress of a radical turn-of-the-century idea that men and women could achieve joyful intimacy if only they got to know one another as equals ... he elegantly demonstrates the power of public perception in determining whether or not we manage to be happy in love.' --Decca Aitkenhead, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'From the Victorians to Bridget Jones, it's a miracle women actually have relationships... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcus Collins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e gets back to basics and allows us to hear the voices of ordinary women and men for ourselves'.--R\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eachel Cooke, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rather a well-mannered history of those who have sought to make marriage a better thing. The questions he raises... are just as compelling today as they were a century ago.'--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLesley White, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252054446424,"sku":"9781903809648","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781903809648.jpg?v=1777030253","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/modern-love-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}