| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 414 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / Elizabeth Peters, Claire M. Kamp Dush -- Perspectives on marriage. Historical and cross-cultural perspectives on marriage / Arland Thornton -- Marriage and family : the evolutionary ecological context / Bobbi S. Low -- Gender lens on marriage / Paula England -- Institutional, companionate, and individualistic marriage : a social psychological perspective on marital change / Paul R. Amato -- Contemporary families. Single parenthood and child well-being : trends, theories, and evidence / Rachel Dunifon -- Cohabitation and parenthood : lessons from focus groups and in-depth interviews / Wendy D. Manning, Pamela J. Smock, Cava Bergstrom-Lynch -- Examination of child well-being in stable single-parent and married families / Claire M. Kamp Dush -- Reconsidering the association between stepfather families and adolescent well-being / Megan M. Sweeney, Hongbo Wang, Tami M. Videon -- Parenting by gay men and lesbians : beyond the current research / Gary J. Gates, Adam P. Romero -- Strengthening marriage. Supporting healthy marriage : designing a marriage education demonstration and evaluation for low-income married couples / Virginia Knox, David Fein -- Differentiating among types of domestic violence : implications for healthy marriages / Michael P. Johnson -- Future of marriage. Growing importance of marriage in America / Steven L. Nock -- Future of marriage and the state : a proposal / Tamara Metz -- Why won't African Americans get (and stay) married? Why should they? / Shirley A. Hill -- Race, immigration, and the future of marriage / Daniel T. Lichter, Warren A. Brown |
| Summary |
Family life has been radically transformed over the past three decades. Half of all households are unmarried, while only a quarter of all married households have kids. A third of the nation's births are to unwed mothers, and a third of America's married men earn less than their wives. With half of all women cohabitating before they turn thirty and gay and lesbian couples settling down with increasing visibility, there couldn't be a better time for a book that tracks new conceptions of marriage and family as they are being formed. -- from publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Marriage -- United States.
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Families -- United States.
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Parenting -- United States
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Alternative Family.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Reference.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Work.
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Families
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Marriage
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Parenting
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Ehe
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Familie
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Elternschaft
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Sozialer Wandel
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Familie.
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Eheschließung.
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Elternschaft.
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Marriage -- United States
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Families -- United States
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Parenting -- United States
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Familjer -- Förenta staterna.
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Äktenskap -- Förenta staterna.
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United States
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USA
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USA.
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dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Peters, Elizabeth, 1955- editor.
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Kamp Dush, Claire M., editor.
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| LC no. |
2008054886 |
| ISBN |
9780231520027 |
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0231520026 |
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9786612796531 |
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6612796537 |
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