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Other ways of growing old : anthropological perspectives

Title
Other ways of growing old : anthropological perspectives / edited by Pamela T. Amuss and Stevan Harrell.
Publication
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1981.

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Additional Authors
  • Amoss, Pamela.
  • Harrell, Stevan.
Description
xxi, 270 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Older people
  • Older people > Cross-cultural studies
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [249]-261.
Contents
Introduction / Pamela T. Amoss and Stevan Harrell -- Evolutionary perspectives on human aging / Kenneth M. Weiss -- "Nepotists" and "altruists" / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy -- "The old people give you life" / Megan Biesele and Nancy Howell -- Old age among the Chipewyan / Henry S. Sharp -- The elderly Asmat of New Guinea / Peter W. Van Arsdale -- Old age in Gwembe District, Zambia / Elizabeth Colson and Thayer Scudder -- Respected elder or old person / James D. Nason -- Growing in reell -- Old age in a south Indian village / Paul G. Hiebert -- Coast Salish elders / Pamela T. Amoss.
Call Number
JLD 82-232
LCCN
79066056
OCLC
  • 7351470
  • NYPG82-B17064
Title
Other ways of growing old : anthropological perspectives / edited by Pamela T. Amuss and Stevan Harrell.
Imprint
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1981.
Bibliography
Bibliography: p. [249]-261.
Added Author
Amoss, Pamela.
Harrell, Stevan.
Research Call Number
JLD 82-232
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