Families without fathers : fathers, marriage and children in American society /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Popenoe, David
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c2009.
Subjects:
Fatherless families > United States.
Fatherhood > United States.
Fathers > United States.
Paternal deprivation > United States.
Children of single parents > United States.
United States > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the Transaction edition
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1. Fatherlessness
  • 1. The remarkable decline of fatherhood and marriage
  • 2. The human carnage of fatherlessness
  • pt. 2. Fathers in history
  • 3. Victorian fathers and the rise of the modern nuclear family
  • 4. The shrinking father and the fall of the nuclear family
  • pt. 3. Why fathers matter
  • 5. What do fathers do?
  • 6. The essential father
  • pt. 4. Conclusions
  • 7. Reclaiming fatherhood and marriage
  • Notes
  • Index.

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