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Marriage Trends In Insular Southeast Asia: Their Economic And Socio-cultural Dimension / Gavin W. Jones, Terence H. Hull And Maznah Mohamad -- Part I Overview -- Statistical Indices Of Marriage Patterns In Insular Southeast Asia / Terence H. Hull -- Teenage Marriage Trends And Issues In Insular Southeast Asia / Gavin W. Jones -- Part Ii Indonesia -- Regional Differences In Marriage Patterns In Indonesia In The Twenty-first Century / Gavin W. Jones And Bina Gubhaju -- Politics And Marriage Among Islamic Activists In Indonesia / Setiawati Intan Savitri And Faturochman -- Underage Marriage And Poverty In West Java, Indonesia / Sri Endras Iswarini -- Delayed Marriage Among Lower Socio-economic Groups In An Indonesian Industrial City / Augustina Situmorang -- Bugis Marriage: State Laws, Islam And Local Practice / Nurul Ilmi Idrus -- Dowry Systems And Extended Family Networks: A Case Study In Manggarai And Nagekeo, Flores, Indonesia -- Part Iii Malaysia -- Understanding Marriage And Divorce Trends In Peninsular Malaysia / Tey Nai Peng -- Marriage Among The 'urbanized' Rural Poor: Return-migrants In Northwest Kelantan / Maznah Mohamad And Rashidah Shuib -- Gender Battles And The Syariah: Translating Islamic Marital Law Into Everyday Practice In Malaysia / Maznah Mohamad -- International Marriages In Malaysia: Issues Arising From State Policies And Processes / Chee Heng Leng -- Part Iv Philippines And Singapore -- Cohabitations And Poverty In The Philippines / Maria Midea M. Kabamalan -- The State Of Marriage In Singapore / Eng Chuan Koh. Edited By Gavin W. Jones, Terence H. Hull And Maznah Mohamad. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.