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Aging in Culture and Society
Language: en
Pages: 344
Authors: Christine L. Fry
Categories: Aging
Type: BOOK - Published: 1980 - Publisher: Greenwood

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Describes the life and accomplishments of the former slave who became a scientist and devoted his career to helping the South improve its agriculture.
Aged by Culture
Language: en
Pages: 278
Authors: Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-01-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Americans enjoy longer lives and better health, yet we are becoming increasingly obsessed with trying to stay young. What drives the fear of turning 30, the boo
Cultures of Ageing
Language: en
Pages: 217
Authors: Chris Gilleard
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-21 - Publisher: Routledge

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For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood. This book focuses on the dramatic changes to the nature of post-retirement
Images of Aging
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Mike Featherstone
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09-02 - Publisher: Routledge

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We all have a finite life-span. We are born, we get old and we die. Given the universiality of the ageing process, it is remarkable that there is almost a compl
Aging, Media, and Culture
Language: en
Pages: 267
Authors: C. Lee Harrington
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-18 - Publisher: Lexington Books

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The intersections of aging, media, and culture are under-explored given trends in population aging, rapid increases in the mediation of everyday life, and the g