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UNINA9910454824103321 |
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Titolo |
Inside the American couple : new thinking/new challenges / / edited by Marilyn Yalom and Laura L. Carstensen |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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9780520927315 |
0520927311 |
9781597346801 |
1597346802 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (275 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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YalomMarilyn |
CarstensenLaura L |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Couples - United States |
Interpersonal relations - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Biblical models/ Marilyn Yalom -- Dearest friend / Edith B. Gelles -- "The thing bartered"/ Kate Washington -- "Boston marriage" among lesbians/ Esther D. Rothblum -- "You'll never walk alone"/ Ellen Lewin -- The couple at home/ Nel Noddings -- When one of us is ill/ Mary Felstiner -- Wives and husbands working together/ Cynthia Fuchs Epstein -- Grounds for marriage/ Arlene Skolnick -- Divorce, American style/ Deborah L. Rhode -- What's a wife worth?/ Myra H. Strober -- Toward an understanding of Asian American interracial marriage and dating/ Jeanne L. Tsai, Diane E. Przymus, and Jennifer L. Best -- Arranged marriages/ Monisha Pasupathi -- Marriage in old age/ Susan Turk Charles and Laura L. Carstensen. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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One of the most fundamental human urges is to form a pair. Despite many tendencies that threaten traditional marriage and even make committed cohabitation problematic, very few people live through adulthood without at least one lengthy relationship, and up to ninety percent of Americans marry at least once in their lives. |
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