| Inside the American Couple |
| Contents |
| Acknowledgments |
 | Introduction |
| 1. Biblical Models |
| 2. Dearest Friend |
| 3. “The Thing Bartered” |
| 4. “Boston Marriage” among Lesbians |
| 5. “You'll Never Walk Alone” |
| 6. The Couple at Home |
| 7. When One of Us Is Ill |
| 8. Wives and Husbands Working Together |
| 9. Grounds for Marriage |
| 10. Divorce, American Style |
| 11. What's a Wife Worth? |
| 12. Toward an Understanding of Asian American Interracial Marriage and Dating |
| 13. Arranged Marriages |
 | 14. Marriage in Old Age |
| • | THE LIFE COURSE OF MARRIAGE |
| • | MARRIAGE GETS WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER |
| • | THE UPWARD TURN IN MARITAL HAPPINESS |
| • | retirement and gender roles |
| • | RISK FACTORS OF MARRIAGE |
| • | ILLNESS AND CAREGIVING |
| • | WIDOWHOOD: WHEN MARRIAGE ENDS |
| • | CONCLUSIONS |
| • | REFERENCES |
| Contributors |
| Index |