Author: Glenda Riley
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803289697
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
According to Glenda Riley, “the historical conflict between anti-divorce and pro-divorce factions has prevented the development of effective, beneficial divorce laws, procedures, and policies. Today we still lack processes that move spouses out of unworkable marriages in a constructive fashion and get them back into the mainstream of life in a stable, productive condition.” Her pioneering historical overview offers proposals for dealing with a subject that now pertains to nearly half of all marriages.
Divorce
Author: Glenda Riley
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803289697
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
According to Glenda Riley, “the historical conflict between anti-divorce and pro-divorce factions has prevented the development of effective, beneficial divorce laws, procedures, and policies. Today we still lack processes that move spouses out of unworkable marriages in a constructive fashion and get them back into the mainstream of life in a stable, productive condition.” Her pioneering historical overview offers proposals for dealing with a subject that now pertains to nearly half of all marriages.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803289697
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
According to Glenda Riley, “the historical conflict between anti-divorce and pro-divorce factions has prevented the development of effective, beneficial divorce laws, procedures, and policies. Today we still lack processes that move spouses out of unworkable marriages in a constructive fashion and get them back into the mainstream of life in a stable, productive condition.” Her pioneering historical overview offers proposals for dealing with a subject that now pertains to nearly half of all marriages.
An American Divorce
Author: J. N. Welch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781737059905
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Second Edition.Is the United States on the brink of a breakup? In what could best be described as the ultimate game of revolutionary poker, An American Divorce lays out a thought-provoking road map that considers the following mass movement questions:?Why is the USA facing a revolutionary environment no less profound than that of the Civil War??In the context of a twenty-first century mass movement, who would the various divorce players be??How should a "real" discussion on race-relations be framed??What is the difference between a "good" and "bad" American divorce??What direction will the marriage/divorce take should Trump win in 2020? What about a Trump loss??Can the United States once again find democratic purpose and normalcy; or is today the time to openly discuss the ramifications of a geographical separation?Using the pseudonym, J. N. Welch, this anonymous CEO unmasks those who use the politics of fear and intimidation to silence millions of Americans.From the benign to the revolutionary, this controversial book offers a bold and unfiltered conversation about the forces behind America's irreconcilable differences. More profoundly, An American Divorce has the transcendent power to move beyond the dysfunction, debt, and division that is crippling our great nation.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781737059905
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Second Edition.Is the United States on the brink of a breakup? In what could best be described as the ultimate game of revolutionary poker, An American Divorce lays out a thought-provoking road map that considers the following mass movement questions:?Why is the USA facing a revolutionary environment no less profound than that of the Civil War??In the context of a twenty-first century mass movement, who would the various divorce players be??How should a "real" discussion on race-relations be framed??What is the difference between a "good" and "bad" American divorce??What direction will the marriage/divorce take should Trump win in 2020? What about a Trump loss??Can the United States once again find democratic purpose and normalcy; or is today the time to openly discuss the ramifications of a geographical separation?Using the pseudonym, J. N. Welch, this anonymous CEO unmasks those who use the politics of fear and intimidation to silence millions of Americans.From the benign to the revolutionary, this controversial book offers a bold and unfiltered conversation about the forces behind America's irreconcilable differences. More profoundly, An American Divorce has the transcendent power to move beyond the dysfunction, debt, and division that is crippling our great nation.
Divorce, American Style
Author: Suzanne Kahn
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081225290X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"This book examines feminist divorce reformers, their relationship with the broader feminist movement, and their lasting effects on the American social welfare regime. It shows how the two distinctive qualities of the American welfare state-its gendered nature and its public/private nature-combined to encourage the breadwinner-homemaker model of marriage's use as policy tool. The linking of access to economic benefits to marriage, begun early in the development of the American social insurance system, shaped political identity and activism in the 1970s and has continued to do so into our current political moment. The result has not only affected policy questions directly relating to marriage but also limited the possibilities for expanding America's social welfare provisions. As a gateway to full economic citizenship, marriage has always served as an institution that protects and perpetuates class privilege"--
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081225290X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"This book examines feminist divorce reformers, their relationship with the broader feminist movement, and their lasting effects on the American social welfare regime. It shows how the two distinctive qualities of the American welfare state-its gendered nature and its public/private nature-combined to encourage the breadwinner-homemaker model of marriage's use as policy tool. The linking of access to economic benefits to marriage, begun early in the development of the American social insurance system, shaped political identity and activism in the 1970s and has continued to do so into our current political moment. The result has not only affected policy questions directly relating to marriage but also limited the possibilities for expanding America's social welfare provisions. As a gateway to full economic citizenship, marriage has always served as an institution that protects and perpetuates class privilege"--
The Divorce Culture
Author: Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679751688
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
the author's Atlantic Monthly article "Dan Quayle Was Right" ignited a media debate on the effects of divorce that rages still. In this book she expands her argument, making it clear Americans need to strengthen their resolve with regard to divorce prevention, new ways of thinking about marriage, and a new consciousness about the meaning of committment. 240 pp. Author tour. Radio satellite tour. 60,000 print.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679751688
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
the author's Atlantic Monthly article "Dan Quayle Was Right" ignited a media debate on the effects of divorce that rages still. In this book she expands her argument, making it clear Americans need to strengthen their resolve with regard to divorce prevention, new ways of thinking about marriage, and a new consciousness about the meaning of committment. 240 pp. Author tour. Radio satellite tour. 60,000 print.
Framing American Divorce
Author: Norma Basch
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520231961
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Framing American Divorce is a boldly innovative exploration of the multiple meanings of divorce in American life during the formative years of both the nation and its law, roughly 1770 to 1870. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Basch enriches and complicates our understanding of the development of divorce law by telling her story from three discrete but overlapping perspectives. In "Rules" she tracks the broad public debate and legislation over the appropriate grounds for and long-term consequences of divorce. "Mediations" shifts to a close-up analysis of the way ordinary women and men tested the rules in the county courts. And "Representations" charts the spiraling imagery of divorce through stories that made their way into American popular culture.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520231961
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Framing American Divorce is a boldly innovative exploration of the multiple meanings of divorce in American life during the formative years of both the nation and its law, roughly 1770 to 1870. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Basch enriches and complicates our understanding of the development of divorce law by telling her story from three discrete but overlapping perspectives. In "Rules" she tracks the broad public debate and legislation over the appropriate grounds for and long-term consequences of divorce. "Mediations" shifts to a close-up analysis of the way ordinary women and men tested the rules in the county courts. And "Representations" charts the spiraling imagery of divorce through stories that made their way into American popular culture.
The Divorce Colony
Author: April White
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0306827689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
**SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE, "10 BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2022"** **AMAZON, "BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH (Nonfiction)"** **APPLE, "BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH"** From a historian and senior editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms For a woman traveling without her husband in the late nineteenth century, there was only one reason to take the train all the way to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, one sure to garner disapproval from fellow passengers. On the American frontier, the new state offered a tempting freedom often difficult to obtain elsewhere: divorce. With the laxest divorce laws in the country, five railroad lines, and the finest hotel for hundreds of miles, the small city became the unexpected headquarters for unhappy spouses—infamous around the world as The Divorce Colony. These society divorcees put Sioux Falls at the center of a heated national debate over the future of American marriage. As clashes mounted in the country's gossip columns, church halls, courtrooms and even the White House, the women caught in the crosshairs in Sioux Falls geared up for a fight they didn't go looking for, a fight that was the only path to their freedom. In The Divorce Colony, writer and historian April White unveils the incredible social, political, and personal dramas that unfolded in Sioux Falls and reverberated around the country through the stories of four very different women: Maggie De Stuers, a descendent of the influential New York Astors whose divorce captivated the world; Mary Nevins Blaine, a daughter-in-law to a presidential hopeful with a vendetta against her meddling mother-in-law; Blanche Molineux, an aspiring actress escaping a husband she believed to be a murderer; and Flora Bigelow Dodge, a vivacious woman determined, against all odds, to obtain a "dignified" divorce. Entertaining, enlightening, and utterly feminist, The Divorce Colony is a rich, deeply researched tapestry of social history and human drama that reads like a novel. Amidst salacious newspaper headlines, juicy court documents, and high-profile cameos from the era's most well-known players, this story lays bare the journey of the turn-of-the-century socialites who took their lives into their own hands and reshaped the country's attitudes about marriage and divorce.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0306827689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
**SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE, "10 BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2022"** **AMAZON, "BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH (Nonfiction)"** **APPLE, "BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH"** From a historian and senior editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms For a woman traveling without her husband in the late nineteenth century, there was only one reason to take the train all the way to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, one sure to garner disapproval from fellow passengers. On the American frontier, the new state offered a tempting freedom often difficult to obtain elsewhere: divorce. With the laxest divorce laws in the country, five railroad lines, and the finest hotel for hundreds of miles, the small city became the unexpected headquarters for unhappy spouses—infamous around the world as The Divorce Colony. These society divorcees put Sioux Falls at the center of a heated national debate over the future of American marriage. As clashes mounted in the country's gossip columns, church halls, courtrooms and even the White House, the women caught in the crosshairs in Sioux Falls geared up for a fight they didn't go looking for, a fight that was the only path to their freedom. In The Divorce Colony, writer and historian April White unveils the incredible social, political, and personal dramas that unfolded in Sioux Falls and reverberated around the country through the stories of four very different women: Maggie De Stuers, a descendent of the influential New York Astors whose divorce captivated the world; Mary Nevins Blaine, a daughter-in-law to a presidential hopeful with a vendetta against her meddling mother-in-law; Blanche Molineux, an aspiring actress escaping a husband she believed to be a murderer; and Flora Bigelow Dodge, a vivacious woman determined, against all odds, to obtain a "dignified" divorce. Entertaining, enlightening, and utterly feminist, The Divorce Colony is a rich, deeply researched tapestry of social history and human drama that reads like a novel. Amidst salacious newspaper headlines, juicy court documents, and high-profile cameos from the era's most well-known players, this story lays bare the journey of the turn-of-the-century socialites who took their lives into their own hands and reshaped the country's attitudes about marriage and divorce.
An American Divorce
Author: J. N. Welch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781737059974
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Is the United States on the brink of a breakup? In what could best be described as the ultimate game of revolutionary poker, An American Divorce lays out a thought-provoking road map that considers the following mass movement questions:?Why is the USA facing a revolutionary environment no less profound than that of the Civil War??What "divorce options" does a global superpower have in a complex twenty-first-century world??Can a new Republican party break the gridlock in Washington D.C.??Should Americans demand an Article V constitutional convention to discuss breaking up the USA by geography??Can Americans move beyond the "original sin" of slavery??Or, are both Blue and Red Americans destined for an ugly divorce that could ultimately be decided by an undemocratic set of events?Using the pseudonym, J. N. Welch, this anonymous CEO unmasks those who use the politics of fear and intimidation to silence millions of Americans.From the benign to the revolutionary, this controversial book offers a bold and unfiltered conversation about the forces behind America's irreconcilable differences. More profoundly, An American Divorce has the transcendent power to move beyond the dysfunction, debt, and division that is crippling our great nation.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781737059974
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Is the United States on the brink of a breakup? In what could best be described as the ultimate game of revolutionary poker, An American Divorce lays out a thought-provoking road map that considers the following mass movement questions:?Why is the USA facing a revolutionary environment no less profound than that of the Civil War??What "divorce options" does a global superpower have in a complex twenty-first-century world??Can a new Republican party break the gridlock in Washington D.C.??Should Americans demand an Article V constitutional convention to discuss breaking up the USA by geography??Can Americans move beyond the "original sin" of slavery??Or, are both Blue and Red Americans destined for an ugly divorce that could ultimately be decided by an undemocratic set of events?Using the pseudonym, J. N. Welch, this anonymous CEO unmasks those who use the politics of fear and intimidation to silence millions of Americans.From the benign to the revolutionary, this controversial book offers a bold and unfiltered conversation about the forces behind America's irreconcilable differences. More profoundly, An American Divorce has the transcendent power to move beyond the dysfunction, debt, and division that is crippling our great nation.
Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage
Author: Andrew J. Cherlin
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674029491
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
With roller coaster changes in marriage and divorce rates apparently leveling off in the 1980s, Andrew Cherlin feels that the time is right for an overall assessment of marital trends. His graceful and informal book surveys and explains the latest research on marriage, divorce, and remarriage since World War II.Cherlin presents the facts about family change over the past thirty-five years and examines the reasons for the trends that emerge. He views the 1950s, when Americans were marrying and having children early and divorcing infrequently, as the aberration, and he discusses why this period was unusual. He also explores the causes and consequences of the dramatic changes since 1960--increases in divorce, remarriage, and cohabitation, decreases in fertility--that are altering the very definition of the family in our society. He concludes with a discussion of the increasing differences in the marital patterns of black and white families over the past few decades.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674029491
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
With roller coaster changes in marriage and divorce rates apparently leveling off in the 1980s, Andrew Cherlin feels that the time is right for an overall assessment of marital trends. His graceful and informal book surveys and explains the latest research on marriage, divorce, and remarriage since World War II.Cherlin presents the facts about family change over the past thirty-five years and examines the reasons for the trends that emerge. He views the 1950s, when Americans were marrying and having children early and divorcing infrequently, as the aberration, and he discusses why this period was unusual. He also explores the causes and consequences of the dramatic changes since 1960--increases in divorce, remarriage, and cohabitation, decreases in fertility--that are altering the very definition of the family in our society. He concludes with a discussion of the increasing differences in the marital patterns of black and white families over the past few decades.
Divorce
Author: Alison Clarke-Stewart
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300125931
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
This comprehensive book provides a balanced overview of the current research on divorce. The authors examine the scientific evidence to uncover what can be said with certainty about divorce and what remains to be learned about this socially and politically charged issue. Accessible to parents and teachers as well as clinicians and researchers, the volume examines the impact of marital breakup on children, adults, and society. Alison Clarke-Stewart and Cornelia Brentano synthesize the most up-to-date information on divorce from a variety of disciplinary perspectives with thoughtful analysis of psychological issues. They convey the real-life consequences of divorce with excerpts from autobiographies by young people, and they also include guidelines for social policies that would help to diminish the detrimental effects of divorce.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300125931
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
This comprehensive book provides a balanced overview of the current research on divorce. The authors examine the scientific evidence to uncover what can be said with certainty about divorce and what remains to be learned about this socially and politically charged issue. Accessible to parents and teachers as well as clinicians and researchers, the volume examines the impact of marital breakup on children, adults, and society. Alison Clarke-Stewart and Cornelia Brentano synthesize the most up-to-date information on divorce from a variety of disciplinary perspectives with thoughtful analysis of psychological issues. They convey the real-life consequences of divorce with excerpts from autobiographies by young people, and they also include guidelines for social policies that would help to diminish the detrimental effects of divorce.
The African-American Guide to Divorce & Drama
Author: Lester Barclay
Publisher: Khari Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9781939724007
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first-ever comprehensive book on divorce tailored specifically for the black community skillfully shepherds readers through the often painful process of separation and divorce, while seeking to minimize the "drama" and trauma for them and their children. Its message focuses primarily on divorce and nonmarital separation, alongside custody, visitation, child support, financial disputes, and related issues in the context of African American cultural and social realities. The guide, which features a foreword by television celebrity Judge Mablean Ephriam, draws on the author's extensive experience as a matrimonial lawyer. Via the book's 22 chapters and multiple sections, he underscores the unique cultural distinctions underlying most African American divorces and separations, including such areas as the matriarchal composition of many black families, the influential role of the Black Church, and the community's general reluctance to seek mental health therapy, among others. The guide covers divorce drama and its aftermath in five dimensions: personal, legal and financial, family, community, and life after.
Publisher: Khari Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9781939724007
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first-ever comprehensive book on divorce tailored specifically for the black community skillfully shepherds readers through the often painful process of separation and divorce, while seeking to minimize the "drama" and trauma for them and their children. Its message focuses primarily on divorce and nonmarital separation, alongside custody, visitation, child support, financial disputes, and related issues in the context of African American cultural and social realities. The guide, which features a foreword by television celebrity Judge Mablean Ephriam, draws on the author's extensive experience as a matrimonial lawyer. Via the book's 22 chapters and multiple sections, he underscores the unique cultural distinctions underlying most African American divorces and separations, including such areas as the matriarchal composition of many black families, the influential role of the Black Church, and the community's general reluctance to seek mental health therapy, among others. The guide covers divorce drama and its aftermath in five dimensions: personal, legal and financial, family, community, and life after.