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The numbers can't be ignored: the current generation of young Americans is delaying marriage longer than any other generation in history. But while the media trumpets this fact in a way that seems designed to scare us, until now no one has really taken the time to understand what people are doing instead. Driven by his personal desire to understand why his single life stretched far into his thirties, Ethan Watters explores the cultural and social forces that have steered his generation away from the altar-and discovers many reasons to be optimistic about the course his generation has chosen. Central to his thinking is the idea of Urban Tribes: the closely knit communities of friends that spring up during the ever-increasing period of time between college and married life. Tribes are revealed to be the key to understanding this generation, explaining not only why its members are putting off marriage, but also why singles often live outside of families so happily. In the end, Watters makes the case that the tribe years engender the self-respect critical to successful partnerships.
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Urban Tribes: Are Friends the New Family?
October 7, 2004, Bloomsbury USA
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Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family, and Commitment
October 8, 2003, Bloomsbury USA
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Urban tribes: are friends the new family?
2003, Bloomsbury, Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
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""What ever happened to getting married?" I asked a carful of friends."
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