Other Cultures, Elder Years Second Edition

Rhoads Holmes, Ellen; Holmes, Lowell D.;

ISBN 10: 0803951345 / ISBN 13: 9780803951341

Editore: Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA, 1995

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Titolo: Other Cultures, Elder Years Second Edition

Casa editrice: Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

Data di pubblicazione: 1995

Legatura: softcover

Condizione: Good

Edizione: 2nd.

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Riassunto:

This fully revised Second Edition of Other Cultures, Elder Years is not only the

textbook on the anthropology of aging, but also the most comprehensive, comparative study available on worldwide patterns of ageing.

`Provides an excellent summary of secondary sources, avoiding extensive review of primary research, complicated theory, and methodological issues' - Clinical Gerontologist

Contenuti:

The Anthropological Perspective
Longevity
The Life Cycle
Status and Family
Community Studies
Varieties of Aging Experience
Ethnic Aged in America
Applying Anthropology
Culture, Health, and Aging
The Aged and Cultural Change
The Future of Aging in America