| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 240 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index. |
| Contents |
Slow-motion polygamy in America : why a second edition -- The monogamous ideal in Western tradition and America : variations -- Critical influences on plural marriage -- Economics and decline of monogamous marriage in the United States -- The nonmonogamous in North America -- Latter-day Saints explained -- Living in polygyny today -- The family reinvented : early Euro-American feminists -- African American marriage crisis -- Polygyny's purgatory -- The benefits of legalizing plural marriage -- Religious foundations : a cultural critique -- A love and commitment not to be feared -- Fear and the slippery slope toward tolerance. |
| Summary |
"This thoroughly revised second edition offers a child-centered, international perspective as it urges America to de-stigmatize alternate family forms." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Polygamy.
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Polygamy. |
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Marriage -- United States.
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Marriage. |
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United States. |
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Families -- United States.
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Families. |
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Polygamy. |
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Marriage. |
| Added Author |
Page, Douglas R.
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| ISBN |
9780313384783 hardcopy alkaline paper |
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0313384789 hardcopy alkaline paper |
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9780313384790 e-book |
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0313384797 e-book |
| Standard No. |
40021557626 |
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40021537724 |
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