Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood before Marriage
Author:   Kathryn Edin ,  Maria Kefalas ,  Frank Furstenberg
Publisher:   University of California Press
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780520271463


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   04 October 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Kathryn Edin ,  Maria Kefalas ,  Frank Furstenberg
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780520271463


ISBN 10:   0520271467
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   04 October 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Preface to the 2011 Edition Introduction 1. Before We Had a Baby ... 2. When I Got Pregnant ... 3. How Does the Dream Die? 4. What Marriage Means 5. Labor of Love 6. How Motherhood Changed My Life Conclusion: Making Sense of Single Motherhood Acknowledgements Appendix A: City, Neighborhood, and Family Characteristics and Research Methods Appendix B: Interview Guide Notes References Index

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Kathryn Edin is Associate Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and coauthor of Making Ends Meet (1997). Maria Kefalas is Professor of Sociology at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. She is the author of Working-Class Heroes (California, 2003).

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