Download or read book Best Friends and Marriage written by Stacey J. Oliker and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book beautifully presents original research and in so doing recasts conventional understandings of such sociological topics as friendship, marriage, and community. The scholarship is superior."--Carole Joffe, Bryn Mawr College "This book beautifully presents original research and in so doing recasts conventional understandings of such sociological topics as friendship, marriage, and community. The scholarship is superior."--Carole Joffe, Bryn Mawr College