Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice : How Women are Choosing Parenthood without Marriage and Creating the New American Family.

A remarkable number of women today are taking the daunting step of having children outside of marriage. In Single By Chance, Mothers By Choice, Rosanna Hertz offers the first full-scale account of this fast-growing phenomenon, revealing why these middle class women took this unorthodox path and how...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hertz, Rosanna
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2006.
Temas:
Families > United States.
Single mothers > United States.
Middle class women > United States.
Familles > États-Unis.
Mères de famille monoparentale > États-Unis.
Femmes de la classe moyenne > États-Unis.
Families
Middle class women
Single mothers
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:A remarkable number of women today are taking the daunting step of having children outside of marriage. In Single By Chance, Mothers By Choice, Rosanna Hertz offers the first full-scale account of this fast-growing phenomenon, revealing why these middle class women took this unorthodox path and how they have managed to make single parenthood work for them. Hertz interviewed 65 women--ranging from physicians and financial analysts to social workers, teachers, and secretaries--women who speak candidly about how they manage their lives and families as single mothers. What Hertz discovers are not.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (294 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-264) and index.
ISBN:9780198039914
0198039913
0195179900
9780195179903

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