Conjugal America: On the Public Purposes of Marriage

by Allan C. Carlson

Book Overview

The institution of marriage has become perilously weak in America. Changes in the law over the past three decades, such as the spread of no-fault divorce and broad acquiescence to cultures of divorce and intentional childlessness, have stripped traditional marriage of important legal supports. Half of all marriages end in divorce and just as many are childless. Conjugal America seeks to recapture the real purposes of marriage and the unchanging nature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765803623
• ISBN13: 9780765803627
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"