The Age of Independence

Interracial Unions, Same-Sex Unions, and the Changing American Family

Michael J. Rosenfeld

    • Acknowledgments
    1. Introduction
    2. Family Government
    3. The Independent Life Stage
    4. The Rise of Alternative Unions
    5. Alternative Unions and the Independent life Stage
    6. Childhood
    7. The Rise of Tolerance
    8. Privacy and the Law
    9. Same-Sex Marriage and the Future of the American Family
    • Appendix Tables
    • Notes
    • Index
  • Cover: The Age of Independence
  • A photo of the author

Photo by Katia Fuentes

Michael J. Rosenfeld is Associate Professor of Sociology at Stanford University.