Growing old in America
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Growing old in America
Transaction Publishers, c1991
4th ed
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Modern industrial societies are characterized by long-term declines in fertility and steady increases in life expectancy. Together, these trends result in an aging population. The United States is no exception; since 1969 the median age has risen from 29.4 to a projected 36.4 in the year 2000. This fourth edition of the standard reader on the sociology of aging has been completely revised, with 90 percent new material, to reflect new information and new issues in this rapidly developing field. Students and practicing professionals will find it a lively, accessible overview.
Table of Contents
List of Tables, List of Figures, Acknowledgments, PART I OVERVIEW, Introduction, 1. Growing Old in America in the 1990s Beth B. Hess, 2. The Specter of Old Age: History, Politics, and Culture in an Aging America Thomas Cole, 3. Which Child? The Consequences of Social Development on the Support Systems of Widows Helena Znaniecka Lopata, PART II AGING AND THE LIFE COURSE, Introduction, 4. Midlife: Crisis or Nodal Point? Some Cross-Cultural Views Elizabeth W. Markson and Maryvonne Gognalons-Nicolet, 5. A Decade of Reminders: Changing Age Consciousness between Fifty and Sixty Years Old David A. Karp, 6. A New Class in America: A Revisionist View of Retirement Robert Morris and Scott A. Bass, 7. The Asphalt Identikit: Old Age and the Driver's License Susan A. Eisenhandler, PART III AGING MINDS, Introduction, 8. Reexamining Some Common Beliefs About Mental Health and Aging Marjorie Chary Feinson, 9. Through a Glass, Darkly: Gender Stereotypes for Men and Women Varying in Age and Race Barbara F. Turner and Castellano B. Turner, 10. The Social Preservation of Mind: The Alzheimer's Disease Experience Jaber F. Gubrium, PART IV AGING BODIES, Introduction, 11. Physiological Changes, Illness, and Health Care Use in Later Life Elizabeth W. Markson, 12. Selective Survival, Aging, and Society Kyriakos S. Markides and Richard Machalek, 13. The Intersecting of Aging and Disabilities Edward F. Ansello, 14. Aging and Disability: Toward a Unifying Agenda Irving Kenneth Zola, 15. Impoverishing the Elderly: A Case Study of the Financial Risk of Spend-Down among Massachusetts Elderly People Laurence G. Branchy Daniel J. Friedmanf Marc A. Cohenf Nancy Smith, and Elinor Socholitzky, PART V WORK AND RETIREMENT, Introduction, 16. Report of the Secretary of Labor: Labor Market Problems of Older Workers U.S. Department of Labor, 17. Economic Security of Older Women: Issues and Trends for the Future Leslie A. Morgan, 18. Women and Retirement Maximiliane Szinovacz, 19. The Transition to Retirem
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