| Description |
416 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Foreword / Robert G. Ryder -- Prologue The 1970s and American families (a comitragedy) / Catherine S. Chilman -- Part I: Lifestyle alternatives -- Singlehood / Peter J. Stein -- Nonmarital heterosexual cohabitation : an overview / Eleanor D. Macklin -- Voluntary childlessness : a critical assessment of the research / Jean E. Veevers -- Single-parent families : in the mainstream of American society / Edward H. Tompson, Jr., and Patricia A. Gongla -- Divorce : a frequent "alternative" in the 1970s / Sharon Price Bonham, David W. Wright, Joe F. Pittman -- Remarraige and stepfamilies : research results and implications / Catherine S. Chilman -- Dual-career/dual-work families : a systems approach / Mary W. Hicks, Sally L. Hansen, Leo A. Christie -- Commuter marriage : couples who live apart / Naomi Gerstel and Harriet Gross -- "Open" marriages and multilateral relationships : the emergence of nonexclusive models of the marital relationship / David L. Weis -- Gay male and lesbian relationships / Joseph Harry -- Radical community : contemporary communes and intentional communities / Gerry Brudenell -- Contemporary traditional families : the undefined majority / Sara B. Taubin and Emilly H. Mudd -- Part II: Lifestyle perspectives and issues -- Alternatives for the elderly / Paula L. Dressel and Beth B. Hess -- The present and future of alternative lifestyles in ethnic American cultures / Marie F. Peters and Harriette P. McAdoo -- Alternative lifestyles from an international perspective : a trans-Atlantic comparison / Bram Buunk -- Clinical issues in alternative lifestyles / Robert A. Phillips, Jr. -- The law and alternative lifestyles / Noel Myricks -- Teaching about alternative family forms and lifestyles / Anthony P. Jurich and Catherine A. Hastings -- Religious reactions to alternative lifestyles / Robert T. Francoeur -- Epilogue Families and alternative lifestyles in an age of technological revolution / Roger H. Rubin |
| Analysis |
United States Families - Sociological perspectives |
| Notes |
Published in cooperation with the Groves Conference on Marriage and the Family |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Alternative lifestyles -- United States.
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Alternative lifestyles.
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Families -- United States.
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Families.
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Sex customs -- United States.
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Sex customs.
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| Author |
Macklin, Eleanor D.
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Rubin, Roger Harvey.
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Groves Conference on Marriage and the Family.
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| LC no. |
82010717 |
| ISBN |
0803910533 |
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