Intergenerational relations in a context of industrial transition: A study of agricultural labor from migrants in Nang Rong, Thailand

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-38

  Piotrowski, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrializing economy; Intergenerational relations; Migration; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; THAILAND; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 38949134821     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-007-9052-4     Document Type: Article

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