Designing Families: The Search for Self and Community in the Information Ageby John Scanzoni
β Scribed by Review by: Melanie Moore
- Book ID
- 124420844
- Publisher
- American Sociological Association
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0092-055X
- DOI
- 10.2307/1319269
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