Isolation, Function, and Beyond: American Kinship in the 1960's.

Adams, Bert N.

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ERIC Number: EJ031564

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1970

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Isolation, Function, and Beyond: American Kinship in the 1960's

Adams, Bert N.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, 32, 4, 575-594, Nov '70

This rather extensive review examines the family structure in regard to general concerns resulting from industrialization, kin ties with particular emphasis on American kinship, mobility and ethnicity. Areas for future kinship exploration include: (1) dependent parents; (2) financially dependent young marrieds; (3) social class factors; (4) migration patterns; and (5) cultural transmission. (CJ)

Descriptors: Ethnology, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Structure, Literature Reviews, Mobility, Relationship, Research Reviews (Publications), Sociocultural Patterns

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