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Book Title: Generations in Touch : Linking the Old and Young in a Tokyo Neighborhood
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Leng Leng Thang
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Eldercare, Asia / Japan, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Urban
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2001
Genre: Family & Relationships, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
