Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 300
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Trim: 7 x 10½
978-0-7425-4558-8 • Paperback • June 2007 • $88.00 • (£68.00)
Diana Harris is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Part 1 I. The Scope of Aging
Chapter 2 1. The Field and Its Methods
Chapter 3 2. Population, Boomers, and Longevity
Part 4 II. The Individual and Society
Chapter 5 3. Age Norms and Age Statuses
Chapter 6 4. Cultural Values and Cultural Diversity
Chapter 7 5. Social, Biological, and Psychological Aspects of Aging
Chapter 8 6. Groups, Organizations, and Retirement Communities
Part 9 III. Social Inequality
Chapter 10 7. Stratification and Class
Chapter 11 8. The Minority Elderly
Part 12 IV. Social Institutions
Chapter 13 9. The Family and Education
Chapter 14 10. The Economy: Work and Retirement
Chapter 15 11. Politics, Aging, and Religion
Part 16 V. Issues of Aging
Chapter 17 12. Deviance
Chapter 18 13. Assisted Living and Nursing Homes
Chapter 19 14. Death and Dying
Chapter 20 15. Income and Health Security
The Sociology of Aging...is written in a simpler style, especially appropriate for advanced placement courses in high school, community college courses, or those catering to entering college students.
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Features:-Updated with new chapters, covering the retirement of the first baby boomers, assisted living, abuse in nursing homes, and problems facing Medicare and Social Security
-Unique in its purely sociological perspective of aging
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