Title Aging : the social context / Leslie Morgan, Suzanne Kunkel

Edition Second edition Published Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, [2001] ©2001

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Description xxiv, 510 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents I. Understanding Aging: Frames of Reference -- 1. Aging and Society / Leslie Morgan, Suzanne Kunkel and Robert Atchley -- 2. Studying Aging: Analytical Frames of Reference -- 3. Aging People in an Aging World: Demographic Perspectives -- II. Dimensions of Aging -- 4. Physiology of Human Aging / Helaine Alessio -- 5. Psychological Perspectives on Aging / Michael Marsiske, Melissa M. Franks and Benjamin T. Mast -- 6. Sociological Perspectives on Aging -- III. Social Institutions and Aging -- 7. Aging in Families -- 8. Employment and Retirement -- 9. Economics and the Aging of Society -- 10. Health and Health Care -- 11. Politics, Government, and the Welfare State -- IV. The Future -- 12. Conclusion: The Dynamics of Aging in Our Future Summary Sketch of life and travels of John M'Kinlay in the interior of Australia. Recurring references to Aboriginal people Notes First published: Glasgow : Aird & Coghill, 1881 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-486) and index Subject McKinlay, John, 1819-1872. SUBJECT Burke and Wills Expedition (1860-1861) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2006027032 Subject Older people -- United States. Aging -- United States. Gerontology -- United States. SUBJECT Central Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035352 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 Australia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579 Author Kunkel, Suzanne. Public Library of South Australia. LC no. 00012864 ISBN 0761987312 hardcover acid-free paper

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