| 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 |
| • | HUSBAND-WIFE PRACTICES AS A RESPONSE TO DISCRIMINATION |
| • | DOING THE HOUSEKEEPING OF THE FIRM |
| • | COMPETITION |
| • | THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL CHANGE |
| • | MARITAL PARTNERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS—CONTINUITIES |
| • | CONCLUSION |
| • | REFERENCES |
| 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 |
| Contributors |
| Index |