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Contents
| Acknowledgments | vii | |
| Introduction Laura L. Carstensen and Marilyn Yalom | 1 | |
| 1. | Biblical Models: From Adam and Eve to the Bride of Christ Marilyn Yalom | 13 |
| 2. | Dearest Friend: The Marriage of Abigail and John Adams Edith B. Gelles | 32 |
| 3. | “The Thing Bartered”: Love, Economics, and the Victorian Couple Kate Washington | 50 |
| 4. | “Boston Marriage” among Lesbians: Are We a Couple If We're Not Having Sex Esther D. Rothblum | 74 |
| 5. | “You'll Never Walk Alone”: Lesbian and Gay Weddings and the Authenticity of the Same-Sex Couple Ellen Lewin | 87 |
| 6. | The Couple at Home: Education's Contribution Nel Noddings | 108 |
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| 7. | When One of Us Is Ill: Scenes from a Partnership Mary Felstiner | 125 |
| 8. | Wives and Husbands Working Together: Law Partners and Marital Partners Cynthia Fuchs Epstein | 136 |
| 9. | Grounds for Marriage: Reflections and Research on an Institution in Transition Arlene Skolnick | 149 |
| 10. | Divorce, American Style Deborah L. Rhode | 164 |
| 11. | What's a Wife Worth? Myra H. Strober | 174 |
| 12. | Toward an Understanding of Asian American Interracial Marriage and Dating Jeanne L. Tsai, Diane E. Przymus, and Jennifer L. Best | 189 |
| 13. | Arranged Marriages What's Love Got to Do with It? Monisha Pasupathi | 211 |
| 14. | Marriage in Old Age Susan Turk Charles and Laura L. Carstensen | 236 |
| List of Contributors | 255 | |
| Index | 257 |