Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age - Hardcover

Kay S. Hymowitz is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor at "City Journal, " and an affiliate scholar at the Institute for American Values. She holds degrees from Brandeis, Tufts, and Columbia Universities, and her articles have appeared in "The New Republic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, " and numerous other publications. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and three children.

Kay Hymowitz thoughtfully takes on the minimalists who say a marriage is just a shack-up plus a piece of paper. Her elegant essays show that marriage is an essential culture-preserver, poverty-fighter, and life-improver. (Marvin Olasky, editor–in–chief, World News Group WORLD)

America could save itself a lot of trouble by paying attention to what [Hymowitz] writes. (Theodore Dalrymple, author of Our Culture, What’s Left of It)

A sobering investigation of the widening gap in the American social structure that's being caused by new attitudes toward marriage. (Ron Haskins, Brookings Institution)

The most fascinating (but grimmest) sections...deal with child-rearing skills in unmarried America. (Charlotte Hays The Wall Street Journal)

Marriage and Caste in America should provoke serious thought about how marriage has become a class issue―and what we can do about it. (Christine B. Whelan New York Post)

Essential. (David Brooks The New York Times)

Hymowitz...has concluded that the family revolution [is both] bad news for children [and] has had the effect of stratifying the country as a whole. (Steve Goddard's History Wire)

Hymowitz provides an arresting diagnosis of American social ills. (Cheryl Miller The American Conservative)

Hymowitz has the gift of being able to convey complicated ideas, theories, and history in lucid and witty language. (Lisa Schiffren COMMENTARY)

A strong case for the value of marriage. (Today's Machine World)