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Other cultures, elder years
- Title
- Other cultures, elder years / Ellen Rhoads Holmes, Lowell D. Holmes.
- Author
- Holmes, Ellen Rhoads.
- Publication
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HQ1061 .H574 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Holmes, Lowell D. (Lowell Don), 1925-2010.
- Description
- xi, 324 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Hailed by The Gerontologist as "extremely well organized, balanced, and impartial" in its first edition. Other Cultures, Elder Years is once again available in a fully revamped second edition. This new edition provides a comprehensive, comparative viewpoint on our knowledge about worldwide patterns of aging. It addresses everything from demography to family relations, from perceptions of the life cycle to the impact of modernization on the aged. Replete with summaries of crucial studies from various parts of the world, Other Cultures, Elder Years also offers three extended case descriptions of Inuit, Samoan, and white American aged as well as an examination of aging patterns among major American ethnic groups.
- Subject
- Alter, ..
- Aging > Cross-cultural studies
- Gerontology > Methodology
- Older people
- Ethnology
- Cross-cultural studies
- Older people > Cross-cultural studies
- Aged
- Aging > physiology
- Aging > psychology
- Anthropology, Cultural
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- elderly
- Older people
- Ethnology
- Cross-cultural studies
- Aging
- Gerontology > Methodology
- Kulturvergleich
- Kulturanthropologie
- Alter
- Veroudering (biologie, psychologie)
- Antropologische aspecten
- Vieillesse > Etude transculturelle
- Gérontologie > Méthodologie
- Personnes agés > Etudes transculturelles
- Genre/Form
- Cross-cultural studies
- Note
- Rev. ed. of: Other cultures, elder years / Lowell D. Holmes. c1983.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-315) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Anthropological Perspective -- 2. Longevity -- 3. The Life Cycle -- 4. Status and Family -- 5. Community Studies -- 6. Varieties of Aging Experience -- 7. Ethnic Aged in America -- 8. Applying Anthropology: Culture, Health, and Aging -- 9. The Aged and Cultural Change -- 10. The Future of Aging in America.
- ISBN
- 0803951337
- 9780803951334
- 0803951345
- 9780803951341
- LCCN
- 95003737
- OCLC
- ocm31901432
- 31901432
- SCSB-2091877
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library