Amato, Paul R. <br/><br/>
Alone Together :  How Marriage in America Is Changing. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (336 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Continuing Transformation of Marriage in America -- 2 Stability and Change in Marital Quality -- 3 Rising Individualism and Demographic Change -- 4 Who Benefited from the Rise of Dual-Earner Marriage- and Who Did Not? -- 5 Changing Gender Relations in Marriage -- 6 Social Integration, Religion, and Attitudes toward Lifelong Marriage -- 7 How Our Most Important Relationships Are Changing -- 8 Implications for Theory, Future Research,and Social Policy -- Appendix 1: Study Methodology -- Appendix 2: Tables -- References -- Index. 
<br/><br/> Based on two studies of marital quality in America 20 years apart, the authors argue that marriage is an adaptable institution, and in accommodating the changes that have occurred in society, it has become a less cohesive, yet less confining arrangement. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674020184 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Marriage-United States.<br/>Marriage-United States-History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ536 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.81097309045