Alone together : how marriage in America is changing / Paul R. Amato ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amato, Paul R., Author.

Contributor:

Amato, Paul R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--United States.

Marriage.

Marriage--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on two studies of marital quality in America twenty years apart, Alone Together shows that while the divorce rate has leveled off, spouses are spending less time together. The authors argue that marriage is an adaptable institution, and in accommodating the changes that have occurred in society, it has become a less cohesive, yet less confining arrangement.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

1. The Continuing Transformation of Marriage in America

2. Stability and Change in Marital Quality

3. Rising Individualism and Demographic Change

4. Who Benefited from the Rise of Dual-Earner Marriage- and Who Did Not?

5. Changing Gender Relations in Marriage

6. Social Integration, Religion, and Attitudes toward Lifelong Marriage

7. How Our Most Important Relationships Are Changing

8. Implications for Theory, Future Research, and Social Policy

Appendix 1: Study Methodology

Appendix 2: Tables

References

Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674020184

0674020189

OCLC:

1049630058