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The Age of Independence: Interracial Unions, Same-Sex Unions, and the Changing American Family

by Michael J Rosenfeld

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ISBN13: 9780674024977
ISBN10: 0674024974
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Michael Rosenfeld offers a new theory of family dynamics to account for the interesting and startling changes in marriage and family composition in the United States in recent years. His argument revolves around the independent life stage that emerged around 1960. This stage is experienced by young adults after they leave their parents' homes but before they settle down to start their own families. During this time, young men and women go away to college, travel abroad, begin careers, and enjoy social independence. This independent life stage has reduced parental control over the dating practices and mate selection of their children and has resulted in a sharp rise in interracial and same-sex unions--unions that were more easily averted by previous generations of parents.

Complementing analysis of newly available census data from the entire twentieth century with in-depth interviews that explore the histories of families and couples, Rosenfeld proposes a conceptual model to explain many social changes that may seem unrelated but that flow from the same underlying logic. He shows, for example, that the more a relationship is transgressive of conventional morality, the more likely it is for the individuals to live away from their family and area of origin.

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An original and provocative thesis with impressive evidence in support of it.

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A significant contribution to the literature on interracial relationships, same-sex relationships, and family dynamics. Perhaps most importantly, this work provides compelling statistical evidence to support what for too long have been anecdotal arguments.

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for example, that the more a relationship is transgressive of conventional morality, the more likely it is for the individuals to live away from their family and area of origin.
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About the Author

Michael J. Rosenfeldis AssistantProfessor of Sociology at Stanford University.
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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  1. Introduction
  2. Family Government
  3. The Independent Life Stage
  4. The Rise of Alternative Unions
  5. Alternative Unions and the Independent life Stage
  6. Childhood
  7. The Rise of Tolerance
  8. Privacy and the Law
  9. Same-Sex Marriage and the Future of the American Family
  • Appendix Tables
  • Notes
  • Index

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ISBN:
9780674024977
Subtitle:
Interracial Unions, Same-Sex Unions, and the Changing American Family
Author:
Rosenfeld, Michael J
Author:
Rosenfeld, Michael J.
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Subject:
Family
Subject:
Sociology - Marriage & Family
Subject:
Social change
Subject:
Social Change -- United States.
Subject:
Family -- United States.
Copyright:
2007
Publication Date:
March 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
264
Dimensions:
9.41x6.37x.99 in. 1.19 lbs.
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