The accordion family boomerang kids, anxious parents, and the private toll of global competition

Newman, Katherine S. 1953- (Author).

Summary: Combining personal interviews with careful analysis of economic trends, and paying close attention to differences in cultural values and political structures, Newman sheds new light on the complex trade-offs that recent changes in intergenerational relationships and residence patterns involve for young adults, their parents, and society as a whole.

Record details

ISBN: 9780807007440 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0807007447 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource
Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The slippery state of adulthood -- Why are accordion families spreading? -- In-house adulthood -- I'm ok, you are not -- When the nest doesn't empty -- Trouble in paradise -- The birth dearth and the "immigrant menace".
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.