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Life's Career-Aging

Cultural Variations on Growing Old
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'The book could open up a fruitful controversy in social gerontology and should become part of the library of every social gerontologist' -- Contemporary Sociology 'A unique contribution to cross-cultural studies in aging' -- Choice 'Worthwhile reading for any human service professional dealing with the aged' -- Social Work
Introduction: Aging and the Aged in Cultural Perspective - Andrei Simic Old Age in a Life-Term Social Arena: Some Chagga of Kilimanjaro in 1974 - Sally Folk Moore Winners and Losers: Aging Yugoslavs in a Changing World - Andrei Simic Youth and Changing in Central Mexico: One Day in the Life of Four Families of Migrants - Carlos G Velez A Symbol Perfected in Death: Continuity and Ritual in the Life and Death of an Elderly Jew - Barbara G Myerhoff El Senior Citizens Club: The Older Mexican-American in the Voluntary Association - Jose Cuellar Conclusion - Andrei Simic and Barbara Myerhoff
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