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Family, Life Course, and Society

Smolski Texts

Families and family life

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The Housing Options In Barrington, Chester Smolski Sep 1986

The Housing Options In Barrington, Chester Smolski

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"Barrington has a reputation as a fine town, with attractive homes surrounded by neat lawns, good schools, many boats moored in the harbor and only 15 minutes from the heart of Providence."


Changing Markets Require Different Style Of Houses, Chester Smolski Nov 1980

Changing Markets Require Different Style Of Houses, Chester Smolski

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"It touches on the heartstrings and evokes a sense of nostalgia: the scene of father and mother sitting near the fireplace with the children playing at their feet. Here it is, the typical family at home, secure, stable, symbolic of the American way of life. But is this picture really accurate?


Soul City Deserves To Succeed, Chester Smolski Jan 1978

Soul City Deserves To Succeed, Chester Smolski

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"Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream--a dream of equal opportunity and justice for all. An assassin's bullet prevented him from realizing his dream. His friend and well-known leader in the civil rights movement also had a dream--a dream to build a new town in which the injustices of society would be lessened. Today, in the rolling farmland country of North Carolina, Floyd McKissick is working to fulfill his long sought dream."