Marriages and families : diversity and change

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schwartz, Mary Ann (Author), Scott, BarBara Marliene (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : Prentice Hall , c2012
Edition:6th ed, Census update
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Marriages and families over time
  • 2. Ways of studying and explaining marriages and families
  • 3. Understanding gender : its influence in intimate relationships
  • 4. The many faces of love
  • 5. Datiing, coupling, and mate selection
  • 6. Sexuality and intimate relationships
  • 7. Living single, living with others : nonmarital lifestyles
  • 8. The marriage experience
  • 9. Reproduction and parenting
  • 10. Evolving work and family structures
  • 11. Power, abuse, and violence in intimate relationships
  • 12. The process of uncoupling : divorce in the United States
  • 13. Remarriage and remarried families
  • 14. Marriages and families in later life
  • 15. Marriages and families in the twenty-first century : U.S. and World Trends