Looking at Ambivalences: The Contribution of a "New-Old" View of Intergenerational Relations to the Study of the Life Course

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2005, Pages 93-128

  Lüscher, Kurt ^a  

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EID: 37849032634     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-2608(05)10003-3     Document Type: Review

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