| The Divorce Culture: Rethinking Our Commitments to Marriage and Family Contributor(s): Whitehead, Barbara Dafoe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679751688 ISBN-13: 9780679751687 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1998 Annotation: When historian and social critic Barbara Dafoe Whitehead first cast her eye on divorce--in an "Atlantic Monthly" article entitled "Dan Quayle Was Right"--she provoked a firestorm of media debate. Here, she has deepened and broadened her view of an American institution in a book of watershed importance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Family & Relationships | Divorce & Separation |
| Dewey: 306.890 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.55 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Topical - Divorce |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: the author's Atlantic Monthly article "Dan Quayle Was Right" ignited a media debate on the effects of divorce that rages still. In this book she expands her argument, making it clear Americans need to strengthen their resolve with regard to divorce prevention, new ways of thinking about marriage, and a new consciousness about the meaning of committment. 240 pp. Author tour. Radio satellite tour. 60,000 print. |