Inside the American Couple: New Thinking/New Challenges

Table of contents

• Inside the American Couple *
• Title Page *
• Contents v
• Acknowledgments vii
• Introduction 1
• Notes *
• References *
• Chapter 1 - From Adam and Eve to the Bride of Christ 13
• Notes *
• References *
• Chapter 2 - The Marriage of Abigail and John Adams 32
• Notes *
• Chapter 3 - Love, Economics, and the Victorian Couple 50
• Notes *
• References *
• Chapter 4 - Are We a Couple If We'Re Not Having Sex? 74
• References *
• Chapter 5 - Lesbian and Gay Weddings and the Authenticity of the Same-Sex Couple 87
• Notes *
• References *
• Chapter 6 - Education's Contribution 108
• Notes *
• Chapter 7 - Scenes from a Partnership 125
• Notes *
• Chapter 8 - Law Partners and Marital Partners 136
• References *
• Chapter 9 - Reflections and Research on an Institution in Transition 149
• References *
• Chapter 10 - Divorce, American Style 164
• Notes *
• Chapter 11 - What's a Wife Worth? 174
• References *
• Chapter 12 - Toward an Understanding of Asian American Interracial Marriage and Dating 189
• Notes *
• References *
• Chapter 13 - What's Love Got to Do with It? 211
• Notes *
• References *
• Chapter 14 - Marriage in Old Age 236
• References *
• Contributors 255
• Index 257

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