Polygyny, or one man having several wives, is the preferred marriage pattern in most parts of the nonwestern world, although most men cannot afford more than one wife. Polyandry, in which one woman has more than one husband, is quite rare in its classic form. Various types of plural marriage such as these are surfacing in western countries as viable alternatives and positive options to economic and spiritual crisis. Kilbride explores these new varieties of family as he finds them in the United States among Mormons, African ...
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Polygyny, or one man having several wives, is the preferred marriage pattern in most parts of the nonwestern world, although most men cannot afford more than one wife. Polyandry, in which one woman has more than one husband, is quite rare in its classic form. Various types of plural marriage such as these are surfacing in western countries as viable alternatives and positive options to economic and spiritual crisis. Kilbride explores these new varieties of family as he finds them in the United States among Mormons, African Americans, and New Age spiritual communes. His comparisons with European and African practices shed light on the renewed possibility of security and caregiving for our dependent generation who are at risk and who are suffering from fractured family relationships around the globe.
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Good. Bunn was a British actor who traveled throughout the northeast, including Niagra Falls, and whose witty observations of America and its people are still quite readable today. This copy in original blindstamped cloth, spine sunned, dampstain to upper corner of pages, not affecting any text. Head and tail of spine missing (about 1/4"), scattered foxing to preliminaries, pages and text clean. "Two volumes of the London Edition complete in one." First American one volume edition from the London edition which was published in the same year. 28 pages of publisher's ads in the rear. Ref: Sabin 9184; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 315 pages.
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Good. Folding table. 2 Vols. in one. 12mo, original maroon blind-stamped cloth, spine ends worn, corners bumped, foxing throughout. Philadelphia: A. Hart, 1853. Author travelled to Boston, New York City, Washington, and Philadelphia. Alfred Bunn was a leading manager of London theaters. He also writes several chapters on the theater in the United States and England.
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