“Love Me Did” — Further Reading
The following links and documents relate to the BackStory episode “Love Me Did: A History of Courtship.” You can listen to the entire episode here.
Valentine’s Day:
- Historian Stephanie Coontz sets the record straight on the history of Valentine’s Day
- Love, bon bons, and a brutal massacre
- The bidding is on for antique valentines at the National Valentine Collectors Association
18th Century:
- Love in ye olden days: Courtship, Sex, and the Single Colonist at Colonial Williamsburg
- A little lesson in bundling, plus a book-length treatment from 1871
- Historian Richard Godbeer’s eye-opening book, Sexual Revolution in Early America
- Overview of courtship in early America
19th Century:
- Courtship & the enslaved: books by Brenda Stevenson and Rebecca Fraser
- A collection of love letters from the Civil War
- Relationship advice from 1890
- A man’s advice to the “newly married lady” (1808)
20th Century & Beyond:
- A scandalous Edison film of two Victorian lovers “sparkin’” (kissing)
- Etiquette guru Emily Post on how to write a love letter (1922)
- Sex and tech: the blog of author Regina Lynn
- A film from the vaults reveals the wild world of cyber dating in 1997
- Educational films from the 1950s: This Charming Couple (1950);Choosing for Happiness (1950); Is This Love? (1957); How Do You Know It’s Love? (1950); How Much Affection? (1958)
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Love Me Did: A History of Courtship | VFH Blogs :
[...] Want to dig deeper into the history of dating? The BackStory research team has compiled a comprehensive list of resources for further exploration. Read On. [...]
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Love Me Did: A History of Courtship | BackStory with the American History Guys :
[...] Want to dig deeper into the history of dating? The BackStory research team has compiled a comprehensive list of resources for further exploration. Read On. [...]
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Love Me Did: A History of Courtship [Rebroadcast] | BackStory with the American History Guys :
[...] Want to dig deeper into the history of dating? The BackStory team has compiled a comprehensive list of resources, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Dive in. [...]
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