Nuclear Family Values, Extended Family Lives: The Power of Race, Class, and Gender

Nuclear Family Values, Extended Family Lives: The Power of Race, Class, and Gender

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-74

  Sarkisian, Natalia ^a   Gerstel, Noami ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203141977     Document Type: Book

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