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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 240 pISBN:
  • 9780313384783 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
  • 9780313384790 (e-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.84/23 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ988 .K48 2012
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 non-monogamous 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 -- Benefits of legalizing polygyny -- Religious foundations : a cultural critique -- A love and commitment not to be feared -- Fear and the slippery slope toward tolerance.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 non-monogamous 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 -- Benefits of legalizing polygyny -- Religious foundations : a cultural critique -- A love and commitment not to be feared -- Fear and the slippery slope toward tolerance.

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