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  • Cover13;
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Watershed in the Meaning of Marriage
  • 1. Marriage and the Construction of Ideology: From Marriage Culture to Divorce Culture
  • 2. The Shifting Grounds for Divorce: Structural and Cultural Conditions for Change
  • 3. The Push of Marriage Culture Among '50s Spouses
  • 4. The '50s Dominicks: Dominating with Divorce Culture
  • 5. The '50s Hamptons and Other Couples: Redefining Marriage Culture in Terms of Gender Equality
  • 6. '50s Spouses Secure Equal Footing in Divorce Culture
  • 7. The '50s Era in a Rearview Mirror
  • 8. The Pull of Divorce Culture: Divorce Anxiety Among '70s Spouses
  • 9. '70s Couples Aim for Relational Equality
  • 10. The '70s Greens: Traditionalism in the 1990s
  • 11. "Topsy-Turvy" Marriages Among '70s Spouses
  • 12. Divorce Culture: A Quest for Relational Equality in Marriage
  • Appendix: Methodological Notes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.