Families Without Fathers Fatherhood, Marriage and Children in American Society

Name: Families Without Fathers Fatherhood, Marriage and Children in American Society
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ISBN: 9781412810388

ISBN-10: 1412810388

ISBN-13: 9781412810388

Edition: 2009

Authors: David Popenoe, David Popenoe

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The American family is changing. Divorce, single parents, and stepfamilies are redefining the ways we live together and raise our children. Many "experts" feel these seemingly inevitable changes should be celebrated; they claim that the "new" families, which often lack a strong father, are actually healthier than traditional two-parent families-or, at the very least, do children no harm. But as David Popenoe shows in Families Without Fathers this optimistic view is severely misguided. Examining evidence from social and behavioral science, history, and evolutionary biology, Popenoe shows why fathers today are deserting their families in record numbers. The disintegration of the…

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/30/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.97" wide x 9.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction to the Transaction Edition


Preface


Introduction



Fatherlessness



The Remarkable Decline of Fatherhood and Marriage



The Human Carnage of Fatherlessness



Fathers in History



Victorian Fathers and the Rise of the Modern Nuclear Family



The Shrinking Father and the Fall of the Nuclear Family



Why Fathers Matter



What Do Fathers Do?



The Essential Father



Conclusions



Reclaiming Fatherhood and Marriage


Notes


Index