Philip L. Kilbride, PhD, is professor of anthropology at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA.Douglas R. Page, MBA, is a freelance writer and reporter.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1 Slow-Motion Polygamy in America: Why a Second Edition2 The Monogamous Ideal in Western Tradition and America: Variations3 Critical Influences on Plural Marriage4 Economics and Decline of Monogamous Marriage in the United States5 The Nonmonogamous in North America6 Latter-day Saints Explained7 Living in Polygyny Today8 The Family Reinvented: Early Euro-American Feminists9 African American Marriage Crisis10 Polygyny's Purgatory11 The Benefits of Legalizing Plural Marriage12 Religious Foundations: A Cultural Critique13 A Love and Commitment Not to Be Feared14 Fear and the Slippery Slope toward ToleranceReferences and Further ReadingIndex

Journalist Page joins anthropologist Kilbride (Bryn Mawr) in expanding the first edition (CH, Apr'95, 32-4792) of Kilbride's extremely interesting book that presents the viewpoint that plural marriages could possibly be on the horizon for the US and other countries. The authors present many different cultural, sociological, and moral viewpoints concerning plural marriage and make a strong case for considering it as an alternative for traditional monogamous marriage. They address theology as well as political agendas from all sides, and subjects such as polyamory, swinging, and serial monogamy. In addition, the authors have conducted interviews and done extensive research on the subject from both international and historical viewpoints, and discuss in great detail the possible benefits to families, children, and society as a whole.

Philip L. Kilbride, PhD, is professor of anthropology at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA.Douglas R. Page, MBA, is a freelance writer and reporter.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1 Slow-Motion Polygamy in America: Why a Second Edition2 The Monogamous Ideal in Western Tradition and America: Variations3 Critical Influences on Plural Marriage4 Economics and Decline of Monogamous Marriage in the United States5 The Nonmonogamous in North America6 Latter-day Saints Explained7 Living in Polygyny Today8 The Family Reinvented: Early Euro-American Feminists9 African American Marriage Crisis10 Polygyny's Purgatory11 The Benefits of Legalizing Plural Marriage12 Religious Foundations: A Cultural Critique13 A Love and Commitment Not to Be Feared14 Fear and the Slippery Slope toward ToleranceReferences and Further ReadingIndex

Journalist Page joins anthropologist Kilbride (Bryn Mawr) in expanding the first edition (CH, Apr'95, 32-4792) of Kilbride's extremely interesting book that presents the viewpoint that plural marriages could possibly be on the horizon for the US and other countries. The authors present many different cultural, sociological, and moral viewpoints concerning plural marriage and make a strong case for considering it as an alternative for traditional monogamous marriage. They address theology as well as political agendas from all sides, and subjects such as polyamory, swinging, and serial monogamy. In addition, the authors have conducted interviews and done extensive research on the subject from both international and historical viewpoints, and discuss in great detail the possible benefits to families, children, and society as a whole.

Philip L. Kilbride, PhD, is professor of anthropology at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA.Douglas R. Page, MBA, is a freelance writer and reporter.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1 Slow-Motion Polygamy in America: Why a Second Edition2 The Monogamous Ideal in Western Tradition and America: Variations3 Critical Influences on Plural Marriage4 Economics and Decline of Monogamous Marriage in the United States5 The Nonmonogamous in North America6 Latter-day Saints Explained7 Living in Polygyny Today8 The Family Reinvented: Early Euro-American Feminists9 African American Marriage Crisis10 Polygyny's Purgatory11 The Benefits of Legalizing Plural Marriage12 Religious Foundations: A Cultural Critique13 A Love and Commitment Not to Be Feared14 Fear and the Slippery Slope toward ToleranceReferences and Further ReadingIndex

Journalist Page joins anthropologist Kilbride (Bryn Mawr) in expanding the first edition (CH, Apr'95, 32-4792) of Kilbride's extremely interesting book that presents the viewpoint that plural marriages could possibly be on the horizon for the US and other countries. The authors present many different cultural, sociological, and moral viewpoints concerning plural marriage and make a strong case for considering it as an alternative for traditional monogamous marriage. They address theology as well as political agendas from all sides, and subjects such as polyamory, swinging, and serial monogamy. In addition, the authors have conducted interviews and done extensive research on the subject from both international and historical viewpoints, and discuss in great detail the possible benefits to families, children, and society as a whole.