The accordion family : boomerang kids, anxious parents, and the private toll of global competition / Katherine S. Newman.
2012
HQ755.86 .N4888 2012 (Mapit)
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The accordion family : boomerang kids, anxious parents, and the private toll of global competition / Katherine S. Newman.
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ISBN
9780807007433 (alk. paper)
0807007439 (alk. paper)
9780807007457 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807007455 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807007439 (alk. paper)
9780807007457 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807007455 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Boston : Beacon Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
xxiii, 261 p. : charts ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HQ755.86 .N4888 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.874084/6
Summary
Why are adults in their twenties and thirties boomeranging back to or never leaving their parents' homes in the world's wealthiest countries? Acclaimed sociologist Newman addresses this phenomenon in this timely and original book that uncovers fascinating links between globalization and the failure-to-launch trend.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
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."
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."