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Gramsci wrote that in 1920's wealthy American "women, with nothing to do, travel; they are continually crossing the ocean to come to Europe, escaping prohibition in their own country and contracting 'marriages' for a season". Is this true? How did this "tradition" develop?

by /u/Shashank1000 in /r/AskHistorians

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