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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778449403321

Autore

Amato Paul R.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

0-674-02018-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AmatoPaul R

Disciplina

306.81097309045

Soggetti

Marriage - United States

Marriage - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.