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Family Ties
Logan, John R.; Spitze, Glenna
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Description for Family Ties
Paperback. Reflecting upon the critics voice about the deterioration of the American family, this book deals with family relationships over a longer period of the life cycle and aims to reveal misconceptions about grown children caring for their aging parents. It also refutes the conception that parents are dependent on help from their grown children. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFV; VFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 408.
While many studies focus on the impact of social change on younger generations, FGamily Ties deals comprehensively with family relationships over a longer period of the life cycle and reveals misconceptions about grown children caring for their aging parents. Glenna D. Spitze and John R. Logan offer conclusive evidence that relationships between parents and their adult children remain intact and challenge other myths of isolation and neglect of the older generation. The authors reveal that parents are not dependent on help from their grown children, as was previously assumed; in fact they contribute more assistance than they receive until the ... Read more
While many studies focus on the impact of social change on younger generations, FGamily Ties deals comprehensively with family relationships over a longer period of the life cycle and reveals misconceptions about grown children caring for their aging parents. Glenna D. Spitze and John R. Logan offer conclusive evidence that relationships between parents and their adult children remain intact and challenge other myths of isolation and neglect of the older generation. The authors reveal that parents are not dependent on help from their grown children, as was previously assumed; in fact they contribute more assistance than they receive until the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566394727
SKU
V9781566394727
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Ref
99-15
About Logan, John R.; Spitze, Glenna
John R. Logan is Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the State University of New York at Albany. He is co-author of Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place andco-editor of Beyond the City Limits: Urban Policy and Economic Restructuring in Comparative Perspective.
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