TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hamon,Raeann R.
AU  - Ingoldsby,Bron B.
TI  - Mate selection across cultures
SN  - 0761925929 (Paper)
AV  - HQ 801 .M236 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Thousand Oaks
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Mate selection
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Courtship
KW  - Marriage
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; Raeann R. Hamon; and; Bron B. Ingoldsby --; Acknowledgments --; pt. 1; North America --; 1. The; mate selection process in the United States; Bron B. Ingoldsby --; pt. 2. The; Caribbean and South America --; 2; "It's better in the Bahamas" : from relationship initiation to marriage; Raeann R. Hamon --; 3; Mate selection preferences and practices in Ecuador and Latin America; Paul L. Schvaneveldt --; 4; Mate selection in Trinidad and Tobago : a multireligious, multicultural perspective; Winston Seegobin; and; Kristen M. Tarquin --; pt. 3; Africa --; 5; Tradition and change in family and marital processes : selecting a marital partner in Ghana; Baffour K. Takyi --; 6; Connecting generations : Kamba and Maasai paths to marriage in Kenya; Stephan M. Wilson; Lucy W. Ngige; and; Linda J. Trollinger --; pt. 4. The; Middle East --; 7; Love, courtship, and marriage from a cross-cultural perspective : the upper middle class Egyptian example; Bahira Sherif-Trask --; 8; Couple formation in Israeli Jewish society; Shulamit N. Ritblatt --; 9; Marriage in Turkey; Nuran Hortasu --; pt. 5; Europe --; 10; Couple formation practices in Spain; J. Roberto Reyes --; 11. The; development of intimate relationships in the Netherlands; Manfred H.M. van Dulmen --; pt. 6; Asia --; 12; Mate selection in contemporary India : love marriages versus arranged marriages; Nilufer P. Medora --; 13. The; transition of courtship, mate selection, and marriage in China; Yan R. Xia; and; Zhi G. Zhou --; 14; Multiplicity of paths to couple formation in Japan; Colleen I. Murray; and; Naoko Kimura --; Author index --; Subject index --; About the editors --; About the contributors
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003011938 .html
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