| Contents |
The mate selection process in the United States / Bron B. Ingoldsby -- "It's better in the Bahamas" : from relationship initiation to marriage / Raeann R. Hamon -- Mate selection preferences and practices in Ecuador and Latin America / Paul L. Schvaneveldt -- Mate selection in Trinidad and Tobago : a multireligious, multicultural perspective / Winston Seegobin and Kristen M. Tarquin -- Tradition and change in family and marital processes : selecting a marital partner in Ghana / Baffour K. Takyi -- Connecting generations : Kamba and Maasai paths to marriage in Kenya / Stephan M. Wilson, Lucy W. Ngige, and Linda J. Trollinger -- Love, courtship, and marriage from a cross-cultural perspective : the upper middle class Egyptian example / Bahira Sherif-Trask -- Couple formation in Israeli Jewish society / Shulamit N. Ritblatt -- Marriage in Turkey / Nuran Hortasu -- Couple formation practices in Spain / J. Roberto Reyes -- The development of intimate relationships in the Netherlands / Manfred H.M. van Dulmen -- Mate selection in contemporary India : love marriages versus arranged marriages / Nilufer P. Medora -- The transition of courtship, mate selection, and marriage in China / Yan R. Xia and Zhi G. Zhou -- Multiplicity of paths to couple formation in Japan / Colleen I. Murray and Naoko Kimura. |
