Download or read book The End of Marriage written by Julian Hafner and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1993 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges western society's pervasive assumption that people should marry or live in couples. The origins of social pressures associated with marriage and monogamy are examined, their effects described, and alternative paradigms proposed. Includes eight case studies and a bibliography. The author is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry in Adelaide.