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.