Love and Commerce

Published: Feb. 16, 2009, 7:59 p.m.

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What's the point of marriage? Well,\nsure, there's love...but in many places and times marriage has served lots of\ndifferent purposes, from making business contacts to playing politics. We talk\nwith historian Carina Ray about the complexities of love, marriage and commerce\nin the Colonial British Gold Coast, and we travel to Queens\nand the
\nvillage to look at how young South Asians are looking for love.