The rapid spread of divorce since the 1960s has dramatically affected family life in Western society. Extensive research has been devoted to this recent period of change, and yet the long-term history of divorce has remained surprisingly obscure. Roderick Phillips, author of the highly acclaimed magisterial history of divorce, Putting Asunder, has now abridged his fascinating and wide-ranging study for a general readership.
Encompassing religious and secular attitudes to divorce, the evolution of divorce laws, and changing responses to marriage breakdown, Untying the Knot offers a highly readable and thought-provoking history of the phenomenon, placed illuminatingly against a variety of social, economic, political and cultural backgrounds.
| ISBN: | 9780521423700 |
| Publication date: | 28th June 1991 |
| Author: | Roderick Brock University, Ontario Phillips |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 280 pages |
| Series: | Canto original series |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history |
The rapid spread of divorce since the 1960s has dramatically affected family life in Western society. Extensive research has been devoted to this recent period of change, and yet the long-term history of divorce has remained surprisingly obscure.
Untying the Knot features in the following genres: Social and cultural history
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Untying the Knot was written by Roderick Brock University, Ontario Phillips and published by Cambridge University Press
Untying the Knot has 280 pages
Yes it is part of Canto original series series
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