Aging in America / edited by Olivia J. Smith.
Contributor(s): Smith, Olivia J
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TextSeries: Reference shelf: v. 72, no. 3.Publisher: New York : H.W. Wilson, 2000Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: x, 190 p. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0824209842 (pbk.).Subject(s): Older people -- United States | Older people -- Care -- United States | Baby boom generation -- United States | Aging -- Social aspects -- United StatesDDC classification: 305.26/0973 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 305.26 A267 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003047438 |
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| 305.24 P217 The baby boom : making sense of our generation at forty / | 305.242 D796 Strapped : why America's 20- and 30-somethings can't get ahead / | 305.253 K658h The hip hop generation : young Blacks and the crisis in African American culture / | 305.26 A267 Aging in America / | 305.26 Ag47 An Aging population : opposing viewpoints / | 305.26 D632 Can we afford to grow older? : a perspective on the economics of aging / | 305.26 El22 The Elderly : opposing viewpoints / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Longevity revolution / Robert Butler -- Off golden pond / Robert J. Samuelson -- Aging of Aquarius / Theodore Roszak -- Ageing workers / Anonymous -- End of the workday--II / Margaret Morganroth Gullette -- Hunger in America / Trudy Lieberman -- Live a lot longer / David Stipp -- Sky's the limit / Betti Jane Levine -- Baby boom's new wrinkle / Sharon Walsh -- Let's hear it for decrepitude / Melvin Maddocks -- Just desserts / Hila Colman -- Blacks carry load of care for their elderly / Sara Rimer.
Elder care / John Greenwald -- Seattle's elderly find a home for living, not dying / Sara Rimer -- Better, safer, warmer / Cynthia Kaplan -- Sage or spoilsport? / Bernadette Puijalon and Jacqueline Trincaz -- "Breaking down the myths of aging" / John W. Rowe and Robert L. Kahn -- "Another country" and "Xenophobia: our fears divide us" / Mary Pipher -- Alaska trek makes elders of the aging / Sara Rimer -- Turning to autobiography for emotional growth in old age / Sara Rimer -- "What is successful aging?" / Jimmy Carter.
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