"2020 and Beyond"
| Title | "2020 and Beyond" |
| Year for Search | 1984 |
| Authors | Alam, Sterling E. |
| Secondary Authors | Kirkendall, Lester A., and Gravatt, Arthur E. |
| Secondary Title | Marriage and the Family in the Year 2020 |
| Pagination | 285-300 |
| Date Published | 1984 |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books |
| Place Published | Buffalo, NY |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Discusses the effects of radically increased longevity (700 years) and life in space habitats. These changes will produce a general slower pace in life, and a lower population growth. Education and re-education will be life-long, and the pattern of life will change a number of times. Children are likely to be raised in child-care communities by adults who, at that stage of their life, are particularly attuned to children. |
| Holding Institutions | MoU-St, TxU |
| Author Note | The author was a professional sociologist. |
| Full Text | 1984 Alam, Sterling E. “2020 and Beyond.” Marriage and the Family in the Year 2020. Ed. Lester A. Kirkendall and Arthur E. Gravatt (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1984), 285-300. MoU-St, PSt, TxU Discusses the effects of radically increased longevity (700 years) and life in space habitats. These changes will produce a general slower pace in life, and a lower population growth. Education and re-education will be life-long, and the pattern of life will change a number of times. Children are likely to be raised in child-care communities by adults who, at that stage of their life, are particularly attuned to children. The author was a professional sociologist. |
