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

Author/creator Schwartz, Mary Ann
Other author/creatorScott, BarBara Marliene.
Format Book and Print
Edition6th ed.
Publication InfoUpper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall/Pearson, ©2010.
Descriptionxxiii, 547 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 482-513) and indexes.
LCCN 2008035182
ISBN0205683142 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780205683147 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780205167166
ISBN0205167160

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Joyner General Stacks HQ536 .S39 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold