Rapid population aging, once associated with only a select group of modern industrialized nations, has now become a topic of increasing global concern. This volume reframes aging on a global scale by illustrating the multiple ways it is embedded within individual, social, and cultural life courses.
Aging and life course transitions : an interdisciplinary perspective
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- Publisher
- New York : Guilford Press
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
xviii, 281 pages ; 24 cm
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