Patterns of exchange in kinship systems in Germany, Russia, and the People's Republic of China

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-278

  Nauck, Bernhard ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Crosscultural comparison; Germany; Intergenerational relationships; Kinship; Russia; Solidarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949215892     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.40.2.255     Document Type: Article

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