The changing family in comparative perspective asia and the united states edited by karen oppenheim mason noriko o tsuya and minja kim choe honolulu east west center 1998 xix 258 pp 4000 volume 58 issue 4 ellen efron pimentel. This volume compares recent family patterns in japan south korea taiwan and other asian countries with those found in the united states written by distinguished social scientists from asia and the us the essays in this volume use new surveys and censuses to compare asian and american patterns of marriage divorce womens roles mens contributions to housework well being in marriage . Changing family in comparative perspective asia and the united states authors mason karen oppenheim tsuya noriko o choe minja kim lc subject headings families asia families united states east west center nihon university university research center date issued 1998 publisher honolulu east west center series an east west . The changing family in comparative perspective asia and the united states edited by karen oppenheim mason noriko o tsuya and minja kim choe east west center honolulu 1998 xix 258 pages 4000 reviewed by stevan harrell university of washington do modernization and globalization wipe out cultural differences as shunichi inoue puts . The changing family in comparative perspective asia and the united states edited by karen oppenheim mason noriko o tsuya and minja kim choe east west center published in cooperation with university research center nihon university tokyo distributed by university of hawaii press honolulu 1998 australian harvard citation choe