Statistical Analysis of American Divorce / Alfred Cahen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cahen, Alfred, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 360

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1968]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A statistical survey of the United States census divorce records from the Civil War through the mid-20th century. The study is focused on the adjustment of the family to changing environmental conditions of the time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of Tables

List of Charts

I. American Family Breakdown

II. Probability of Divorce

III. Grounds for Divorce

IV. Underlying Conditions

V. Migratory Divorce

VI. Laws and the Home

VII. Remarriage

VIII. Trends of the Vanishing Family

IX. Persistent Causes

X. Dynamic Society and Divorce Velocity

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89130-X

OCLC:

1100457259