02743nam 2200613Ia 450 991081958750332120200520144314.00-674-02018-910.4159/9780674020184(CKB)1000000000805621(EBL)3300518(SSID)ssj0000101502(PQKBManifestationID)11138388(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101502(PQKBWorkID)10061559(PQKB)10038210(MiAaPQ)EBC3300518(DE-B1597)457538(OCoLC)1049630058(OCoLC)1054862650(OCoLC)979739795(DE-B1597)9780674020184(Au-PeEL)EBL3300518(CaPaEBR)ebr10318515(OCoLC)646814887(EXLCZ)99100000000080562120081229e20092007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlone together how marriage in America is changing /Paul R. Amato ... [et al.]1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. ;London Harvard University Press20091 online resource (336 p.)Originally published: 2007.0-674-03217-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- IndexBased 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.MarriageUnited StatesMarriageUnited StatesHistoryMarriageMarriageHistory.306.81097309045Amato Paul R1035256MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819587503321Alone together4025064UNINA