Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Newman, Katherine S., 1953- Title: The accordion family : boomerang kids, anxious parents, and the private toll of global competition / Katherine S. Newman. Publisher, Date: Boston : Beacon Press, ©2012. Description: xxiii, 261 pages : charts ; 24 cm Summary: Why are adults in their twenties and thirties boomeranging back to or never leaving their parents' homes in the world's wealthiest countries? Acclaimed sociologist Newman addresses this phenomenon in this timely and original book that uncovers fascinating links between globalization and the failure-to-launch trend. Subjects: Parent and adult child. Adult children -- Family relationships. Competition, International. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The slippery state of adulthood -- Why are accordion families spreading? -- In-house adulthood -- I'm ok, you are not -- When the nest doesn't empty -- Trouble in paradise -- The birth dearth and the "immigrant menace." LCCN: 2011027846 ISBN: 9780807007433 0807007439 9780807007457 0807007455 Other Number: 719428381 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 313816 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 306.874 Newman Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
