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The Broken Hearth: Reversing the Moral Collapse of the American Family
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication date
September 1, 2001
Pages
199
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780385499156
ISBN-10
0385499159
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
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Original list price
$22.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A leading conservative spokesman of family values provides a strong, informed defense of the traditional family and its values and explains why such progressive arrangements as single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends are undermining the family ideals as the fundamental foundation of American society. 200,000 first printing.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: Today the American family is under siege as never before. From the dramatic rise in illegitimacy, divorce, cohabitation, and single parenthood to the call for recognition of gay marriages, the traditional nuclear family is being radically challenged and undermined, along with the moral and legal consensus that once supported it.
Many think it doesnât matter whether we preserve the nuclear family. Some even argue that its dissolution is a good thingâa liberation from repressive patriarchal authority. William J. Bennett maintains that, to the contrary, the dissolution of the American family is the fundamental crisis of our time. Now, in a book as provocative and controversial as his bestselling The Death of Outrage, Bennett presents a timely and much-needed defense of the traditional family.
Combining fearless conviction with acute insight and respect for his adversaries, Bennett offers thorough, balanced, and enlightening discussions of single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends that are undercutting the ideal of the nuclear family as the essential foundation of society. Arguing that our recent economic prosperity has masked the devastating effects of this unprecedented social experimentation, Bennett traces the effects of these trends and weighs their impact on the present and future health of our society.
Americans like to think they are free to reinvent every aspect of family life without social or personal consequences. Yet, far from being strictly a matter of private choice, the integrity of families is, Bennett shows, a strong and legitimate interest of society at large. And, he argues, the monogamous nuclear family is not a repressive patriarchal institution, but quite the opposite: a precious and hard-won historical achievement, one that safeguards the interests of men, women, and children as no other arrangement yet devised.
Rising above the jeremiads characteristic of so much contemporary public debate, The Broken Hearth provides a powerful affirmation of family life and the matchless benefits it bestows on individuals and society as a whole.
Many think it doesnât matter whether we preserve the nuclear family. Some even argue that its dissolution is a good thingâa liberation from repressive patriarchal authority. William J. Bennett maintains that, to the contrary, the dissolution of the American family is the fundamental crisis of our time. Now, in a book as provocative and controversial as his bestselling The Death of Outrage, Bennett presents a timely and much-needed defense of the traditional family.
Combining fearless conviction with acute insight and respect for his adversaries, Bennett offers thorough, balanced, and enlightening discussions of single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends that are undercutting the ideal of the nuclear family as the essential foundation of society. Arguing that our recent economic prosperity has masked the devastating effects of this unprecedented social experimentation, Bennett traces the effects of these trends and weighs their impact on the present and future health of our society.
Americans like to think they are free to reinvent every aspect of family life without social or personal consequences. Yet, far from being strictly a matter of private choice, the integrity of families is, Bennett shows, a strong and legitimate interest of society at large. And, he argues, the monogamous nuclear family is not a repressive patriarchal institution, but quite the opposite: a precious and hard-won historical achievement, one that safeguards the interests of men, women, and children as no other arrangement yet devised.
Rising above the jeremiads characteristic of so much contemporary public debate, The Broken Hearth provides a powerful affirmation of family life and the matchless benefits it bestows on individuals and society as a whole.
Editions
Hardcover
from Waterbrook Pr (December 1, 2001)
9781578563883 | details & prices | List price $22.95
About: The author of The Death of Outrage calls Americans to make defending and preserving the traditional nuclear family their highest priority, arguing that a monogamous and permanent marital union through which children are conceived, born, and raised leads to greater human flourishing and happiness.
About: The author of The Death of Outrage calls Americans to make defending and preserving the traditional nuclear family their highest priority, arguing that a monogamous and permanent marital union through which children are conceived, born, and raised leads to greater human flourishing and happiness.
The price comparison is for this edition
1 edition from Doubleday (September 1, 2001)
9780385499156 | details & prices | 199 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $22.95
About: A conservative spokesman provides a defense of the traditional family and its values and explains why single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends are undermining the family ideals as the fundamental foundation of American society.
About: A conservative spokesman provides a defense of the traditional family and its values and explains why single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends are undermining the family ideals as the fundamental foundation of American society.
Large print edition from Random House Large Print (September 1, 2001)
9780375431272 | details & prices | 296 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $22.95
About: A conservative spokesman provides a defense of the traditional family and its values and explains why single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends are undermining the family ideals as the fundamental foundation of American society.
About: A conservative spokesman provides a defense of the traditional family and its values and explains why single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends are undermining the family ideals as the fundamental foundation of American society.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Broadway Books (March 1, 2003)
9780767905138 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.16 lbs | List price $15.00
About: A leading conservative spokesman of family values provides a strong, informed defense of the traditional family and its values and explains why such progressive arrangements as single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends are undermining the family ideals as the fundamental foundation of American society.
About: A leading conservative spokesman of family values provides a strong, informed defense of the traditional family and its values and explains why such progressive arrangements as single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends are undermining the family ideals as the fundamental foundation of American society.
CD/Spoken Word
With Eric Park (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Bantam Audio (September 1, 2001)
9780553714487 | details & prices | 4.75 × 5.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $29.95
About: A conservative spokesman defends the traditional family and its values and explains why single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends are undermining the family ideals as the fundamental foundation of American society.
About: A conservative spokesman defends the traditional family and its values and explains why single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends are undermining the family ideals as the fundamental foundation of American society.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Eric Park (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Bantam Audio (October 1, 2001)
9780553528640 | details & prices | 3.25 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $25.95
About: A conservative spokesman defends the traditional family and its values and explains why single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends are undermining the family ideals as the fundamental foundation of American society.
About: A conservative spokesman defends the traditional family and its values and explains why single parenthood, cohabitation, gay marriage, and other trends are undermining the family ideals as the fundamental foundation of American society.
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