Claudine G Wirths, Richard A Williams

Lives Through the Years

Styles of Life and Successful Aging

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers an account of the process of aging that provides answers and dispels once and for many of the myths surrounding the close to 20 million Americans who are over sixty-five. This is a volume of social inquiry and interpretation, which marks a major scientific advance in its field, and opens up new horizons for fruitful research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781138527287
• ISBN-10: 1138527289
• Artikelnr.: 69946086

Autorenporträt

Claudine G. Wirths, Richard A. Williams

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgments
One. BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF THE STUDY
Two. WORLD OF WORK
Three. FAMILISM
Four. LIVING ALONE
Five. COUPLEHOOD
Six. EASING THROUGH LIFE WITH MINIMAL INVOLVEMENT
Seven. LIVING FULLY
Eight. SUCCESS AND STYLE
Nine. SOME RELATED OBSERVATIONS
Ten. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS
Appendix One. GENERAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE KANSAS CITY STUDY OF ADULT LIFE
Appendix Two. RANK ORDER OF SUCCESSFUL AGING BY STYLE
Index
Index of Case Histories