Marriages and families
Subtitle: diversity and change
By: Mary Ann Schwartz, BarBara Marliene Scott.
Contributors: Scott, BarBara Marliene.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Marriage -- United States; Family -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Marriages and families over time; title: Ways of studying and explaining marriages and families; title: Understanding gender : its influence in intimate relationships; title: The many faces of love; title: Dating, coupling, and mate selection; title: Sexuality and intimate relationships; title: Living single, living with others : nonmarital lifestyles; title: The marriage experience; title: Reproduction and parenting; title: Evolving work and family structures; title: Power, abuse, and violence in intimate relationships; title: The process of uncoupling : divorce in the United States; title: Remarriage and remarried families; title: Marriages and families in later life; title: Marriages and families in the twenty-first century : U.S. and world trends.