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Table of Contents:

• A life-course approach to the Third Age / Phyllis Moen
• The Third Age as a cultural field / Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs
• The political economy of the Third Age / Kathrin Komp
• A feminist lens of the Third Age : refining the framework / Toni Calasanti and Neal King
• Demographic approaches and their potential application in Third Age research / J. Scott Brown and Scott M. Lynch
• The Third Age as a socio-demographic variable for cross-country comparisons / Kathrin Comp and Jurgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik
• Time-use studies : a method for exploring everyday life in the Third Age / Stella Chatzitheochari and Sara Arber
• Experiencing the Third Age : the perspective of qualitative inquiry / Graham D. Rowles and Lydia K. Manning
• From retirement to productive aging and back to work again / Scott Bass
• Challenges and opportunities for relationships in the era of the Third Age / Denise Brothers and Jenny De Jong Gierveld
• Relevance of social capital and lifestyle for the Third Age / Dawn C. Carr and Jon Hendricks
• Cultural ideals, ethics, and agelessness : a critical perspective on the Third Age / Martha Holstein.

Contributors:

Carr, Dawn C.

Komp, Kathrin

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Gerontology in the era of the Third Age (New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c2011 — ISBN 9780826105967; LCCN 2011003877)

Subjects:

Gerontology

Aging

Older people

Geriatrics

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HT1061 .G47 2011eb

ISBNs:

9780826105974 (electronic bk.)
0826105971 (electronic bk.)
9780826105967 [Invalid]
0826105963 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

733048111

Other Control Numbers:

EBC717383 (source: MiAaPQ)