Aging

Aging and The Life Course: An Introduction to Social Gerontology

By - Quadagno, Jill S.
Floor - Floor 1
Published - McGraw-Hill/Connect Learn Succeed, New York, NY, ©2011
ISBN 10 - 0073528226
ISBN 13 - 9780073528229
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Gerontology
Shelf No - 14
Call Number - 305.26 QUA
Physical Description - McGraw-Hill/Connect Learn Succeed, New York, NY, ©2011
Notes - Includes index
Book Information
Aging and the Life Course is a comprehensive interdisciplinary text in social gerontology. It provides students with a firm grounding in methodological and theoretical issues associated with aging and examines changes in social roles, relationships and the biological and psychological process that occur as people grow older. It also considers all major life transitions including retirement, widowhood, grandparenting, and changes in living arrangements. In addition, this text considers the economic and political issues that influence the context in which people grow old. Although the primary focus is on the U.S., considerable material on aging worldwide is included. Unique features include four featured boxes, a life course perspective and an emphasis on inequality by race, ethnicity and gender.

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