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IN THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY 1915, MILTHORPE, THE ASSISTANT RESIDENT AND MAGISTRATE IN THE SUB-DISTRICT OF CHIRADZULU, WAS A DEEPLY NERVOUS MAN. ON THE NIGHT OF SATURDAY 23 JANUARY, HE HAD BEEN ABSENT IN BLANTYRE AT THE HOME OF MRS BYRNE WHEN, IN THE RISING LED BY JOHN CHILEMBOWE, THREE WHITES IN THE SUB-DISTRICT HAD BEEN KILLED. ALTHOUGH IT WAS KNOWN THAT MILTHORPE HAD BEEN WARNED BY AN ASKARI ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT THAT THERE WERE 'MEN WITH SPEARS' TALKING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN, WAS HOPING TO PERSUADE HIS SUPERIORS THAT HE WAS NOT AT FAULT. MEANWHILE, IN A DISTRICT OVERRUN WITH PRIVATE ARMIES AND WITH CHILEMBWE HIMSELF STIL UNCAPTURED, HE FOUND HIMSELF QUITE ALONE IN THE RESIDENCY. THOUGH HE CORRESPONDED THREE TIMES A DAY WITH MOGGRIDGE, THE RESIDENT IN BLANTYRE,M AND WITH THE PLANTERS AT MIDMA, HE FELT ISOLATED AND VULNERABLE. IT WAS A RELIEF WHEN THE YAO CHIEFS AND HEADMEN OF THE DISTRICT PRESENTED THEMSELVES AT HIS OFFICE. EVERY DAY THEY BROUGHT HIM ASSURANCES THAT THEY DID NOT SUPPORT CHILEMBOWE AND THAT HE PERSONALLY WAS IN NO DANGER.

This review pulls together research on home leaving, home returning, parent-child coresidence, and the launching process and integrates it with theoretical perspectives related to the life course. Material is included from Australia, Canada, and Britain as well as the United States. Because the nuclear family form specifies that children leave the parental home when they marry and few married persons live with their parents, the focus is on relationships between unmarried children and their parents. The review concentrates on the young adult years while recognizing coresidence experiences over the life course. The nature of the link between residence patterns, family relationships, and dependence is an empirical question that, for the most part, has not been answered.

Current policy reforms illustrate a concerted effort by outside actors to intervene in their policy process with major directives and resources. Explores the merits of improving the dialogue among the different parties as a way to bring more views and information to bear on the decisions and to stimulate greater commitment. (Abstract amended)