Perspectives on American kinship in the later 1990s

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 623-639

  Johnson, Colleen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034238337     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00623.x     Document Type: Review

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