Returning home : reconnecting with our childhoods /
Each year millions of American adults visit a childhood home. Few can anticipate the effect it will have on them. Often serving several important psychological needs, these trips are not intended as visits with people from their past. Rather, those returning to their homes have a strong desire to vi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
©2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Each year millions of American adults visit a childhood home. Few can anticipate the effect it will have on them. Often serving several important psychological needs, these trips are not intended as visits with people from their past. Rather, those returning to their homes have a strong desire to visit the places that comprised the landscape of their childhood. Approximately one third of American adults over the age of thirty have visited a childhood home. This book describes some of their experiences and the psychology behind the journeys. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 137 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781442206823 1442206829 1282985981 9781282985988 9786612985980 6612985984 |