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Promises to keep : decline and renewal of marriage in America / edited by David Popenoe, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and David Blankenhorn.

Title
Promises to keep : decline and renewal of marriage in America / edited by David Popenoe, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and David Blankenhorn.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Blankenhorn, David.
  • Elshtain, Jean Bethke, 1941-2013.
  • Popenoe, David, 1932-
Description
xii, 337 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Introduction / David Popenoe -- 1. The Decline of Marriage as the Social Basis of Childrearing / Barbara Dafoe Whitehead -- 2. Values, Attitudes, and the State of American Marriage / Norval D. Glenn -- 3. Myths of Marriage and Family / Moira Eastman -- 4. Comparative and Historical Perspectives on Marriage, Divorce, and Family Life / Arland Thornton -- 5. Decline of the Family: Conservative, Liberal, and Feminist Views / Janet Z. Giele -- 6. Biology, Ethics, and Narrative in Christian Family Theory / Don S. Browning -- 7. Postmodern Family Law: Toward a New Model of Status / Milton C. Regan, Jr. -- 8. The Law and the Stability of Marriage: The Family as a Social Institution / Carl E. Schneider -- 9. Parenting from Separate Households / Robert S. Weiss -- 10. Re-creating Marriage / Maggie Gallagher -- 11. Modern Marriage: Revising the Cultural Script / David Popenoe --
  • 12. The Reinstitutionalization of Marriage: Political Theory and Public Policy / William A. Galston -- 13. Marriage in America: A Report to the Nation / The Council on Families in America.
ISBN
  • 0847682307 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0847682315 (apper : alk. paper)
LCCN
96007003
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries