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Author Kilbride, Philip Leroy.

Title Plural marriage for our times : a reinvented option? / Philip L. Kilbride and Douglas R. Page.

Publication Info. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.8423 K48P    Check Shelf
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.
Marriage -- United States.
Families -- United States.
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
Marriage. (OCoLC)fst01010443
Polygamy. (OCoLC)fst01070459
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Polygamie.
Familienstruktur.
Religion.
United States.
Added Author Page, Douglas R.
ISBN 9780313384783 hardcopy alkaline paper
0313384789 hardcopy alkaline paper
9780313384790 (e-book)
0313384797 (e-book)
Standard No. 40021557626
40021537724
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