Introduction 1

Chapter One
The Marriage Decline 5

Chapter Two
What Has Become of Marriage? 17

Chapter Three
The Man Shortage 29

Chapter Four
The Market 49

Chapter Five
What About the Children? 68

Chapter Six
Power Wives 83

Chapter Seven
Mixed Marriages 103

Chapter Eight
Beyond Race? 115

Chapter Nine
Desire 129

Chapter Ten
Fear 143

Chapter Eleven
Saving Black Marriage 170

Afterword 183

Acknowledgments 191

Partial Bibliography 197

Notes 245

Index 279