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Families in troubled times : adapting to change in rural America / Rand D. Conger and Glen H. Elder, Jr., in collaboration with Frederick O. Lorenz, Ronald L. Simons, and Lee B. Whitbeck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conger, Rand.
- Series:
- Social institutions and social change
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rural families--Iowa--Economic conditions.
- Rural families--Iowa--Social conditions.
- Families--Iowa--Psychological aspects.
- Stress (Psychology).
- Social change--Iowa.
- Social change.
- Families.
- Psychological aspects.
- Rural families.
- Social conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Iowa.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : A. de Gruyter, [1994]
- Summary:
- This book documents the experiences of rural Iowa families, who lived through the "farm crisis" years of the 1980s, in a fashion that might help families of the future cope more successfully with economic reversals. The documentation could be used to fashion more effective social policies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0202304876
- 0202304884
- OCLC:
- 29023421
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