Families in Later Life: Connections and Transitions

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The introductory essays and readings, drawn from both literature and social science research, vividly illustrate the diversity of aging experiences both within and across American families diversity conditioned by social space, historical time, and individual biography.

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  Families in Later Life: Emerging Themes and Challenges

  • 2009
  • 202 pages
  • Paperback
  • Nova Science Publishers
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  Families in Later Life

  • 1979
  • 168 pages
  • Paperback
  • Wadsworth Publishing Company

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