David Reese Counts, Dorothy Ayers Counts

Over the Next Hill

An Ethnography of RVing Seniors in North America, Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Over the Next Hill addresses an understudied but fast growing group in our society—the elderly.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Broadview Press Inc
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781551114231
• ISBN-10: 1551114232
• Artikelnr.: 33311686

Autorenporträt

By David R. Counts and Dorothy Ayers Counts

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Lurking in the Laundromat: Doing Research With RVers
2. Aging, Retirement, and RVing
3. From Auto Campers to Escapees
4. Gypsies and Pioneers: Images of RVers
5. If They Aren't Us, Who Are They?
6. On the Road Again
7. "Home is Where I Park It"
8. "They're My Family Now"
9. "Hanging Up the Keys"
Appendices:
1. RV Living Survey
2. Research Method
3. Canadian Federal and Provincial Eligibility for Provincial Health
Care
4. Glossary
5. What Now?
References and Internet Resources
Index