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1.
For Better or for Worse: Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy
Contributors:
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press 2008
Subjects:
Marriage
Vietnamese Diaspora
United States--Emigration And Immigration
Globalization--Social Aspects
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...in abu­sive coercive arranged marriages where dowries are often thereason...inmy study were forced into arranged marriages, and certainlynone of the...Maira argues, the trope of arranged marriages “fitstoo neatly with...
2.
Noble Bondsmen: Ministerial Marriages in the Archdiocese of Salzburg, 1100-1343
Contributors:
Publisher:
Cornell University Press 1995
Subjects:
Marriage Customs And Rites, Medieval
Marriage--Austria--Salzburg--History
Ministerials--Austria--Salzburg--History
Social History--Medieval, 500-1500
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...control of the ministerials' marriages was the chief reminder of their...Did medieval couples,whose marriages were the subject of such political...aboutsocietal expectations.Arranged marriages and conjugal affection are one...
3.
Romance on a Global Stage: Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, and "Mail-Order" Marriages
Contributors:
Publisher:
University of California Press 2003
Subjects:
Intercountry Marriage--United States
Marriage Brokerage--United States
Mail Order Brides--United States
Asians--United States
International Correspondence--Social Aspects
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...00ADriage fraud. Western critics of arranged marriage have implicitly or explicU...should be a required ingredient of all marriages.It also implies that love is somehow antithetical to arranged marriages, thatlove is either present or not...
4.
Perfecting the Family: Antislavery Marriages in Nineteenth-Century America
Contributors:
Publisher:
University of Massachusetts Press 1997
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--Family Relationships--History--19th Century
Man-Woman Relationships--United States--History--19th Century
Marriage--United States--History--19th Century
Family--United States--History--19th Century
Sex Role--United States--History--19th Century
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...that it is wrong to have children unless people love each other,"they regarded the slave owners' version of arranged marriages as a deliberatecontravention of human nature and the antithesis of true marriage. Besidescondemning the slaveholders...
5.
Child Marriages
Contributors:
Publisher:
Russell Sage Foundation 1925
Subjects:
Marriage--United States
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...in the proportion of youth­ful marriages similar to that of Table 1. Thatis, youthful marriages are more frequent inthe large cities of...each compartment of the king­dom, arranged from north to south, was asshown in Table...
6.
Transnational Marriages in the Steel Industry: Experience and Lessons for Global Business
Contributors:
Publisher:
Quorum 1996
Subjects:
Competition, International
Steel Industry And Trade--Mergers--United States
Consolidation And Merger Of Corporations--United States
International Business Enterprises--United States
Joint Ventures--United States
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...in Asia.8 Some of those internationaljoint ventures were arranged between competing steel firmsanxious to share the costs and...that con­summated at least seventeen international marriages in lessthan ten years.9 Most of these are summarized, and...
7.
Lasting Marriages: Men and Women Growing Together
Contributors:
Publisher:
Praeger 1995
Subjects:
Marriage--United States
Marriage--United States--Case Studies
Married People--United States
Married People--United States--Case Studies
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...they just happen.Doreen remembered that their meeting was arranged throughRecommendations from good friends. Something of mystery...them together:We were fixed up by his sister . . . so she arranged a blind date, and we met.Well, he was quite nice looking...
8.
Many Marriages
Contributors:
Publisher:
B.W. Huebsch, Inc. 1923
Subjects:
Fiction
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...and a roadway be­fore him there was a store with trays of fruit, or­anges, apples, grapefruit, and pears arranged on thesidewalk and now a wagon stopped at the store doorand began to unload other things. He looked longand hard at the wagon...
9.
Not to People like Us: Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages
Contributors:
Publisher:
Basic Books 2000
Subjects:
Abused Wives--United States
Middle Class Women--United States
Upper Class Women--United States
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...life, banged her head against the wallsand floor, and punched her. With a trembling hand, Sally pulled back hercarefully arranged coif to show me a misshapen lower jaw, the remnants of abeating she had sustained several months before. Her sad face was...
10.
An Introduction to the Old Testament: Chronologically Arranged
Contributors:
Publisher:
Macmillan Company 1917
Subjects:
Bible. O.T.--Introductions
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...Neh. 7: 73b-8: 18. Reading of the Law under Ezra's directions,etc.Ezra 9. Ezra's grief on account of mixed marriages, etc.This prayer is attributed to Ezra here, following the LXX reading invs. 6; an ascription which is considered probable...
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