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Marriage dissolution in Singapore revisiting family values and ideology in marriage / by Straughan, Paulin Tay

Table of Contents: “…Overview of divorce in contemporary Singapore : taking stock -- Choosing the right one : romantic love, courtship and marriage preparation -- What dreams are made of : role of ideology in marriage and divorce -- The time bind : work and family interface -- Looking ahead : the future of family.…”
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I don't cry, but I remember a Mexican immigrant's story of endurance / by Lackie, Joyce, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The early years, 1910 -- 1926 -- Courtship and marriage, 1926 -- 1930s -- Crossing the frontera, 1940s -- A new country but no new refuge, 1940s and early 1950s -- Transitions and the road toward cultural adaptation, the 1950s -- Motherhood in the labyrinth -- Faith as a bulwark -- Citizenship and politics -- Looking back.…”
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I don't cry, but I remember a Mexican immigrant's story of endurance / by Lackie, Joyce, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The early years, 1910 -- 1926 -- Courtship and marriage, 1926 -- 1930s -- Crossing the frontera, 1940s -- A new country but no new refuge, 1940s and early 1950s -- Transitions and the road toward cultural adaptation, the 1950s -- Motherhood in the labyrinth -- Faith as a bulwark -- Citizenship and politics -- Looking back.…”
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Scarlett's sisters young women in the Old South / by Jabour, Anya

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Scarlett and her sisters : young women in the Old South -- Young ladies : adolescence -- College girls : school -- Home girls : single life -- Southern belles : courtship -- Blushing brides : engagement -- Dutiful wives : marriage -- Devoted mothers : motherhood -- Rebel ladies : war -- Epilogue: Tomorrow is another day : new women in the new South.…”
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Scarlett's sisters young women in the Old South / by Jabour, Anya

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Scarlett and her sisters : young women in the Old South -- Young ladies : adolescence -- College girls : school -- Home girls : single life -- Southern belles : courtship -- Blushing brides : engagement -- Dutiful wives : marriage -- Devoted mothers : motherhood -- Rebel ladies : war -- Epilogue: Tomorrow is another day : new women in the new South.…”
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The Woman Painter in Victorian Literature / by Losano, Antonia Jacqueline

Table of Contents: “…Prevailing winds and cross-currents : public discourse and the history of Victorian women painters -- Desire and feminist aesthetics in Anne Brontë's The tenant of Wildfell Hall -- Ekphrasis and the art of courtship in Jane Eyre -- Making a living : Howitt, Eliot, Oliphant -- The afterlife of Angelica Kauffman -- Disfigurement and beauty in Dinah Craik and Charlotte Yonge -- Painting the new woman : Mary Ward and the woman artist.…”
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The Woman Painter in Victorian Literature / by Losano, Antonia Jacqueline

Table of Contents: “…Prevailing winds and cross-currents : public discourse and the history of Victorian women painters -- Desire and feminist aesthetics in Anne Brontë's The tenant of Wildfell Hall -- Ekphrasis and the art of courtship in Jane Eyre -- Making a living : Howitt, Eliot, Oliphant -- The afterlife of Angelica Kauffman -- Disfigurement and beauty in Dinah Craik and Charlotte Yonge -- Painting the new woman : Mary Ward and the woman artist.…”
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Marriage and cohabitation by Thornton, Arland

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Historical perspectives on marriage -- Comparing marriage, cohabitation, and being single -- Entering marital and cohabiting unions -- Influence of parental youth factors before birth of study child -- Influence of parental factors during childhood and adolescence of the children -- The courtship process and union formation -- Religious affiliation and commitment -- The influence of attitudes, values, and beliefs -- Educational influences -- Work, earnings potential, and career aspiration -- Conclusions.…”
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Kith, kin, and neighbors communities and confessions in seventeenth-century Wilno / by Frick, David A.

Table of Contents: “…Over the quartermaster's shoulder -- The neighbors -- One roof, four walls -- The bells of Wilno -- Speaking, writing, stereotyping -- Birth, baptism, godparenting -- Education and apprenticeship -- Courtship and marriage -- Marital discontents -- Guild house, workshop, guild altar -- Going to law : the language of litigation -- War, occupation, exile, liberation (1655-1661) -- Old age and poor relief -- Death in Wilno -- Epilogue : conflict and coexistence.…”
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Kith, kin, and neighbors communities and confessions in seventeenth-century Wilno / by Frick, David A.

Table of Contents: “…Over the quartermaster's shoulder -- The neighbors -- One roof, four walls -- The bells of Wilno -- Speaking, writing, stereotyping -- Birth, baptism, godparenting -- Education and apprenticeship -- Courtship and marriage -- Marital discontents -- Guild house, workshop, guild altar -- Going to law : the language of litigation -- War, occupation, exile, liberation (1655-1661) -- Old age and poor relief -- Death in Wilno -- Epilogue : conflict and coexistence.…”
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Marriage and cohabitation by Thornton, Arland

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Historical perspectives on marriage -- Comparing marriage, cohabitation, and being single -- Entering marital and cohabiting unions -- Influence of parental youth factors before birth of study child -- Influence of parental factors during childhood and adolescence of the children -- The courtship process and union formation -- Religious affiliation and commitment -- The influence of attitudes, values, and beliefs -- Educational influences -- Work, earnings potential, and career aspiration -- Conclusions.…”
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A Confederate chronicle the life of a Civil War survivor / by Hain, Pamela Chase, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a time of prosperity and peace, 1843-1861 -- The OLI, Company B, and the Eighth Georgia infantry from Savannah to Bull Run, 1861 -- All quiet on the eastern front, summer of 1861-spring of 1862 -- Naval notebook, on board the CSS Georgia, Savannah Squadron, 1863 -- The capture of the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, Savannah, June 17, 1863 -- Fort Warren Prison, Boston Harbor, June 1863-October 1864 -- James River Squadron to Semmes's Brigade, 1864-65 -- Confederate veteran returns to Reconstruction Georgia, 1865 -- Courtship by correspondence, 1866-68 -- Railroad agent, bookkeeper, farmer, store owner, conductor, doctor, 1868-78 -- "Coonbottom" to Quincy, 1878-89 -- Power, kinship, and murder, 1889-91 -- Epilogue : running from scandal -- Appendix : Tomas L. …”
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A Confederate chronicle the life of a Civil War survivor / by Hain, Pamela Chase, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a time of prosperity and peace, 1843-1861 -- The OLI, Company B, and the Eighth Georgia infantry from Savannah to Bull Run, 1861 -- All quiet on the eastern front, summer of 1861-spring of 1862 -- Naval notebook, on board the CSS Georgia, Savannah Squadron, 1863 -- The capture of the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, Savannah, June 17, 1863 -- Fort Warren Prison, Boston Harbor, June 1863-October 1864 -- James River Squadron to Semmes's Brigade, 1864-65 -- Confederate veteran returns to Reconstruction Georgia, 1865 -- Courtship by correspondence, 1866-68 -- Railroad agent, bookkeeper, farmer, store owner, conductor, doctor, 1868-78 -- "Coonbottom" to Quincy, 1878-89 -- Power, kinship, and murder, 1889-91 -- Epilogue : running from scandal -- Appendix : Tomas L. …”
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Looks why they matter more than you ever imagined / by Patzer, Gordon L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Looks, lookism, and the media -- Older than civilization -- Pass the genes, please : how looks drive dating, courtship, and marriage -- As the twig is bent : how attractiveness affects family dynamics -- Readin', ritin', rithmetic 'n' ridicule -- The job is looking good -- Rendering judgment : how looks affect courtroom results -- Physiognomy and public service -- Seeing is believing -- The dark side of physical attractiveness -- What price for good looks? …”
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Looks why they matter more than you ever imagined / by Patzer, Gordon L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Looks, lookism, and the media -- Older than civilization -- Pass the genes, please : how looks drive dating, courtship, and marriage -- As the twig is bent : how attractiveness affects family dynamics -- Readin', ritin', rithmetic 'n' ridicule -- The job is looking good -- Rendering judgment : how looks affect courtroom results -- Physiognomy and public service -- Seeing is believing -- The dark side of physical attractiveness -- What price for good looks? …”
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The romance of the three kingdoms and Mao's global order of tripolarity by Lam, Lai Sing

Table of Contents: “…The political role of classical Chinese literature in Mao's fight against the twin superpowers -- Chronological events of the Three Kingdoms period -- Mao and theme of The romance of the three kingdoms -- The romance of the three kingdoms and the origins of Mao's global order of tripolarity -- Mao's tripolar methodology: from theory to praxis -- From post-war bipolarity to Mao's global order of tripolarity -- 1954-1964 period of tripolarity: Sino-Soviet break up and dismissal of Soviet-backed Peng Dehuai -- 1965-1969 period of tripolarity: Cultural Revolution as part of Sino-US hostility -- 1969-1976 period of tripolarity: Sino-US courtship and Mao's modernization initiatives in western economic style -- 1979-1990 period: collapse of Mao's global order of tripolarity.…”
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The romance of the three kingdoms and Mao's global order of tripolarity by Lam, Lai Sing

Table of Contents: “…The political role of classical Chinese literature in Mao's fight against the twin superpowers -- Chronological events of the Three Kingdoms period -- Mao and theme of The romance of the three kingdoms -- The romance of the three kingdoms and the origins of Mao's global order of tripolarity -- Mao's tripolar methodology: from theory to praxis -- From post-war bipolarity to Mao's global order of tripolarity -- 1954-1964 period of tripolarity: Sino-Soviet break up and dismissal of Soviet-backed Peng Dehuai -- 1965-1969 period of tripolarity: Cultural Revolution as part of Sino-US hostility -- 1969-1976 period of tripolarity: Sino-US courtship and Mao's modernization initiatives in western economic style -- 1979-1990 period: collapse of Mao's global order of tripolarity.…”
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The Youth of Early Modern Women / by Reeves, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…A Room of Their Own; Young Women, Courtship, and the Night in Early Modern England; Eleanor Hubbard; 15. …”
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The Youth of Early Modern Women / by Reeves, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…A Room of Their Own; Young Women, Courtship, and the Night in Early Modern England; Eleanor Hubbard; 15. …”
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The essential Dürer

Table of Contents: “…The artist, his horse, a print, and its audience : producing and viewing the ideal in Dürer's Knight, death, and the devil (1513) / Pia F. Cuneo -- 8. Civic courtship : Albrecht Dürer, the Saxon duke, and the emperor / Larry Silver -- 9. …”
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