Other Cultures, Elder Years

This fully revised Second Edition of Other Cultures, Elder Years is not only the textbook on the anthropology of aging, but also the most comprehensive, comparative study available on worldwide patterns of ageing.

`Provides an excellent summary of secondary sources, avoiding extensive review of primary research, complicated theory, and methodological issues' - Clinical Gerontologist

List of contents

The Anthropological Perspective
Longevity
The Life Cycle
Status and Family
Community Studies
Varieties of Aging Experience
Ethnic Aged in America
Applying Anthropology
Culture, Health, and Aging
The Aged and Cultural Change
The Future of Aging in America

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Rhoads Holmes, Ellen Rhoads Holmes Holmes, Lowell D Holmes, Lowell D. Holmes, Holmes Ellen Rhoads, Holmes Lowell D.
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.1995
• EAN: 9780803951341
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-5134-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Educational Management; Educational Management
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Age groups: the elderly, Aging & Gerontology