Aging

Journeys in Sociology

From First Encounters to Fulfilling Retirements

Edited by Rosalyn Benjamin Darling and Peter J. Stein

Twenty-two eminent retired sociologists reflect on their lives and their career choices

250 pages | 6 x 9 | 22 halftones

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Senior Power or Senior Peril

Aged Communities and American Society in the Twenty-First Century

Brittany H. Bramlett

Shows how the increasing number of aged communities in the United States shapes the local political context for residents of all ages

164 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 13 tables, 14 figures

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Music, Style, and Aging

Growing Old Disgracefully?

Andy Bennett

A vivid look at how music taste and age become tantalizingly intertwined.

226 pages | 5.5 x 8.25

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My Mother's Hip

Lessons from the World of Eldercare

Luisa Margolies

What most of us don't know about the longevity revolution

360 pages | 6 x 9

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The Changing of the Guard

Lesbian and Gay Elders, Identity, and Social Change

Dana Rosenfeld

The greatest generation&--lesbian and gay elders, and how they lived their lives from before Stonewall to today

264 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 7 tables 1 figure

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Aging and the Law

An Interdisciplinary Reader

edited by Lawrence A. Frolik

A compilation of leading articles on the myriad issues of "elder law"

690 pages | 7 x 10 | 5 tables, 9 figures

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Family Ties

Enduring Relations between Parents and Their Grown Children

John R. Logan and Glenna D. Spitze

A challenging look at the way relationships between parents and their adult children remain strong in the midst of social change

304 pages | 6 x 9 | 61 tables, 25 figs.

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Human Attachment

Virginia L. Colin

The first and only comprehensive introduction to one theory in personality development

416 pages | 6.5 x 9.25 | 8 halftones

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States, Labor Markets, and the Future of Old-Age Policy

Edited by John Myles and Jill Quadagno

Original essays examine how various countries have responded to population aging and increases in national expenditures for the elderly

340 pages

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Who Cares for the Elderly?

Public Policy and the Experiences of Adult Daughters

Emily K. Abel

The exploration of family care for disabled elderly people

248 pages | 6 x 9

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Beyond the Barricades

The Sixties Generation Grows Up

Jack Whalen, and Richard Flacks

Where do young revolutionaries go when the revolution doesn’t happen?

324 pages

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