
The Curious History of Dating
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What’s it about?
From Georgian pleasure gardens to Tinder, this witty history reveals that dating has always been a chaotic, commercial, and technologically driven quest for love.
You’ll learn
- Dating is a modern invention born from urbanization
- Personal ads were the original dating profiles
- The Victorians invented the public date
- Apps gamify selection, but anxieties remain timeless