Finnegan Alford-Cooper - For Keeps: Marriages That Last a Lifetime
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Alford-Cooper, Finnegan, 1951 For keeps: marriages that last a lifetime / Finnegan Alford-Cooper. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0765601222 (hardcover: alk. paper).ISBN 0765601230 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. MarriageUnited StatesCase studies. 2. SpousesUnited StatesCase studies. I. Title. HQ536.A534 1998 306.81dc21 9738833 CIP
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z 39.48-1984.
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This book is dedicated to: Clyde and Florence Matthews for the inspiration and wisdom to make this research idea a reality My grandparents, Herman and Nell Gardner, the first couple I knew who were married fifty years My husband, Davidhoping for fifty years, too
Page vii
Table of Contents
List of Tables
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
Prologue
3
Vignette: The Mortons
3
Vignette: The Raglins
8
Chapter One: Methodology and Theoretical Perspectives
14
Chapter Two: Social and Historical Backgrounds
28
Chapter Three: Meeting and Marrying
49
Chapter Four: Having Children
64
Chapter Five: Conflict and Resolution
84
Chapter Six: His or Her Marriage
106
Vignette: The Mitchells
117
Chapter Seven: Making a Marriage Last
122
Vignette: The Barnetts
140
Vignette: The Howards
144
Page viii
Chapter Eight: The Golden Years
151
Vignette: The Johnsons
170
Chapter Nine: Till Death Do Us Part
176
Conclusion
192
Appendix A: Long Island Long-Term Marriage Questionnaire
197
Appendix B: Long Island Long-Term Marriage Survey: Interview Questions
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