Marriage and Cohabitation

by Arland Thornton, William G. Axinn, William Axinn, et al.

Book Overview

Situating their argument in the context of the Western world's 500-year history of marriage, the authors of this work reveal what factors encourage marriage and cohabitation in a contemporary society where marriage and the relationships between women and men have changed dramatically.

While many people still choose to marry without first cohabiting, others elect to cohabit with varying degrees of commitment or intentions of eventual marriage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226798674
• ISBN13: 9780226798677
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.8"