Religious assortative marriage in the United States /
Religious Assortative Marriage in the United States aims to formulate and apply to American religious data, macrosociological models of assortative marriage in pluralistic populations. These models postulate that the factors determining assortative marriage are population structure, social divisions...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Academic Press,
1980.
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| Series: | Studies in population.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Religious Assortative Marriage in the United States aims to formulate and apply to American religious data, macrosociological models of assortative marriage in pluralistic populations. These models postulate that the factors determining assortative marriage are population structure, social divisions, and norms of endogamy. An important application of these models is to counter the ideological assumption, implicit in the popular image of a """"melting pot of nations, """" that the amalgamation of groups in the marriage market is the inevitable outcome of a historical plan of assimilation. The bo. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780123865809 0123865808 9781483274140 1483274144 |