Beneath the Fault Line - The Popular and Legal Culture of Divorce in Twentieth-Century America (Electronic book text)

The social and legal boundaries of divorce have changeddramatically in recent years, making it an all-too-common occurrence in modernsociety. Yet only three comprehensive histories of divorce in Ameican have appearedin the twentieth century. In Beneath the Fault Line, law professor and historian J.Herbie DiFonzo juxtaposes legal doctrine and practice with popular culture andindividual accounts to illustrate the history of divorce inAmerica.

Beneath the Fault Line is a much-neededexamination of divorce in twentieth century America and should interest students offamily law and development, social work, and sociology, as well as a broaderaudience concerned with the history of the American family.