Aging and modernization
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Authors
Cowgill, Donald O. (Donald Olen), 1911-
Holmes, Lowell D.(Lowell Don),1925-2010
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Issue Date
1972
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Book
Keywords
Aging Research-- Congresses , Gerontology , Aging
Citation
Cowgill, Donald O., and Lowell D. Holmes (Eds.) Aging and Modernization. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1972.
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A theory of aging in cross-cultural perspective / Donald O. Cowgill -- Aging in a gerontocratic society : the Sidamo of Southwest Ethiopia / John H. Hamer -- The aged and eldership among the Igbo / Austin J. Shelton -- Aging among Southern African Bantu / Charles E. Fuller -- The rolse and status of the aged in a changing Samoa / Lowell D. Holmes -- The role and status of the aged in Thailand / Donald O. Cowgill -- The role of old people in Santo Tomás Mazaltepec / Frances McAleavey Adams -- Functions of the aged among Salt River Pima / Marvin R. Munsell -- Japan : the after years / David W. Plath -- The aged in the USSR / Walter C. McKain -- Old age in Ireland : demographic and sociological aspects / Gordon F. Streib -- The elderly in Austrian society / Leopold Rosenmayr -- Selected aspects of aging in Israel : 1969 / Hannah Wiehl -- Aging in the Kibbutz in Israel / Sara Feder -- Status and role fo the aged in Norwegian society / C. T. Pihlblad, Eva Beverfelt, and Haktor Helland -- Aging in American society / Donald O. Cowgill -- Cultural values and dependency in later life / Margaret Clark -- Role changes in widowhood : a world perspective / Helene Znaniecki Lopata -- Summary and conclusions : the theory in review / Donald O. Cowgill and Lowell D. Holmes.
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Appleton-Century-Crofts
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Series
ACC sociology series