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Marriages and families : diversity and change / Mary Ann Schwartz, BarBara Marliene Scott.

By: Schwartz, Mary Ann.
Contributor(s): Scott, Barbara Marliene.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall/Pearson, c2012Edition: 6th ed.Description: xxiii, 547 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780205167166 (pbk.); 0205167160 (pbk.).Subject(s): Marriage -- United States | Families -- United StatesDDC classification: 306.80973
Contents:
Marriages and families over time -- Ways of studying and explaining marriages and families -- Understanding gender : its influence in intimate relationships -- The many faces of love -- Dating, coupling, and mate selection -- Sexuality and intimate relationships -- Living single, living with others : nonmarital lifestyles -- The marriage experience -- Reproduction and parenting -- Evolving work and family structures -- Power, abuse, and violence in intimate relationships -- The process of uncoupling : divorce in the United States -- Remarriage and remarried families -- Marriages and families in later life -- Marriages and families in the twenty-first century : U.S. and world trends.
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306.80973 SCH 2012 (Browse shelf) 1 Available SABDx,23003,03,GR 5000130689

"2010 Census update"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 482-513) and indexes.

Marriages and families over time -- Ways of studying and explaining marriages and families -- Understanding gender : its influence in intimate relationships -- The many faces of love -- Dating, coupling, and mate selection -- Sexuality and intimate relationships -- Living single, living with others : nonmarital lifestyles -- The marriage experience -- Reproduction and parenting -- Evolving work and family structures -- Power, abuse, and violence in intimate relationships -- The process of uncoupling : divorce in the United States -- Remarriage and remarried families -- Marriages and families in later life -- Marriages and families in the twenty-first century : U.S. and world trends.