Tradition and change in the Asian family

Pbk. ed.

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Tradition and change in the Asian family

Pbk. ed.

Profound economic, social, and cultural changes have affected Asian societies during the latter half of the twentieth century. Among those changes have been industrialization, the growth of large cities as rural inhabitants have migrated to urban areas, a revolution in technology and communications, rapid declines in fertility and mortality rates, and dramatic improvements in education and living standards.

Nowhere has this transformation been more apparent than in the countries of East and Southeast Asia, particularly Japan. And with the new social and economic circumstances have come challenges to cultural traditions and values.

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This volume by prominent social scientists from Asia and the United States examines the ways in which families in Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and China (including Taiwan) are coping with modern pressures and compares the situation in those countries with that in the United States. It explores such issues as structural changes within the family and intergenerational roles in societies influenced by Confucianism, attitudes toward marriage, family formation, and living arrangements of the elderly.

The analysis draws upon evidence from censuses and surveys, including a recent national survey of Japanese families conducted by Nihon University and Mainichi Newspapers. The volume's editors conclude that despite the pressures of modernization, traditional familial values have proven remarkably resilient in the four Asian societies.

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469

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Tradition and change in the Asian family
1995, East-West Center, Distributed by the University of Hawai'i Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Published in cooperation with University Research Center, Nihon University, Tokyo."

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Honolulu

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.85/095
Library of Congress
HQ663 .T73 1995, HQ663 .T73 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxi, 469 p. :
Number of pages
469

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1097229M
Internet Archive
traditionchangei0000unse
ISBN 10
0866381619
LCCN
94021867
OCLC/WorldCat
39959672

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