Plural marriage for our times
Subtitle: a reinvented option?
By: Philip L. Kilbride and Douglas R. Page
Contributors: Page, Douglas R.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780313384783; 9780313384790
Subjects: Polygamy; Marriage; Families
Description: "This thoroughly revised second edition offers a child-centered, international perspective as it urges America to de-stigmatize alternate family forms."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Slow-motion polygamy in America : why a second edition; title: The monogamous ideal in western tradition and America : variations; title: Critical influences on plural marriage; title: Economics and decline of monogamous marriage in the United States; title: The non-monogamous in North America; title: Latter day saints explained; title: Living in polygyny today; title: The family reinvented : early Euro-American feminists; title: African American marriage crisis; title: Polygyny's purgatory; title: Benefits of legalizing polygyny; title: Religious foundations : a cultural critique; title: A love and commitment not to be feared; title: Fear and the slippery slope toward tolerance.