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| Setting The Stage | |
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| The Scope of Social Gerontology | |
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| What is Gerontology? What is Human Aging? Defining the Aging and the Older Populations | |
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| Social Gerontology is a Unique Field of Study | |
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| Social Policy Issues | |
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| Professional Practice | |
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| Careers in the Field of Aging | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Demography of Aging | |
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| Measuring Age Structure | |
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| Growth of the older Population | |
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| Composition of the Older Population | |
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| Geographic Distribution of the Older Population | |
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| Living Arrangements | |
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| Population Processes and the Older Population | |
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| Summary | |
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| The History of Aging in America | |
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| Modernization Theory | |
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| Aging in Colonial America | |
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| From the Revolution to the Civil War, The Beginning of Industrialization | |
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| Civil War to 1900 19 00 to 1929 The Great Depression | |
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| 1942 to 1965 1965 to 1980 The 1980's | |
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| Modernization | |
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| Theory Revisited | |
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| Summary | |
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| Basic Aspects of Individual Aging | |
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| Physical Aging | |
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| Why We Grow Older | |
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| Physical Consequences of Aging | |
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| Summary | |
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| Psychological Aspects of Aging | |
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| Aging and Specific Psychological Functions | |
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| Adult Development: Personality, Self , and Life Structure | |
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| Mental Disorders | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Aspects of Individual Aging | |
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| Defining Social Aging, Social Roles | |
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| The Cultural Life Course | |
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| Socialization and Acculturation | |
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| Role Anticipation and Adaptation | |
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| Social Factors in Individual Development | |
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| Aging and Changes in Social Context | |
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| Lifestyles | |
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| Summary | |
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| Personal Adaptation to Aging | |
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| What is Adaptation? General Ways to Adapt | |
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| Specific Adaptations | |
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| Escape Rather Than Adaptation | |
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| Effective Adaptation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Aging in Domains of Everyday Life | |
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| Family, Friends, and Social Support | |
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| Types of Bonding | |
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| Family | |
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| Friends | |
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| Social Support | |
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| Summary | |
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| Employment and Retirement | |
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| Midlife Career Changes | |
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| Employment Problems of Older Workers | |
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| Bridges to Retirement | |
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| Retirement | |
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| The Retirement Process | |
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| Effects of Retirements on Individuals | |
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| Summary | |
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| Activities and Lifestyles | |
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| Concepts About Activities | |
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| Activities in Middle Adulthood | |
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| Aging and Changes in Activities | |
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| Spheres of Activity | |
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| What Activities are Desirable for Older People? Summary | |
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| Religion and Spirituality | |
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| Concepts and Language | |
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| Organized Religion | |
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| Attending Religious Services | |
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| Informal Religious Behavior | |
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| Subjective Elements of Religion and Spirituality | |
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| Conceptions for Spiritual Development | |
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| Effects of Religion and Spirituality | |
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| Research Issues | |
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| Summary | |
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| Dying, Death, Bereavement, and Widowhood | |
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| Defining Death | |
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| Dealing with Dying | |
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| Bereavement | |
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| Death of a Spouse | |
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| Summary | |
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| Aging Affects Needs and Resources | |
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| Income and Housing | |
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| Income | |
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| Housing | |
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| Summary | |
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| Health and Long-Term Care | |
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| Health Care, Health Care Needs | |
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| Long-Term Care, Regulation of Health and Long-Term Care | |
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| Summary | |
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| Community Social Services | |
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| Community Facilities That Serve Older People | |
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| Services | |
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| The Organization and Financing of Social Services | |
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| Summary | |
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| Aging and Society | |
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| Aging in Contemporary America Society and Culture | |
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| The Nature of Society and Culture | |
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| Ideas About Aging | |
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| Language | |
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| Age Prejudice an d Discrimination | |
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| Societal Disengagement | |
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| Age Stratification | |
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| Ethics | |
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| Law, and Aging | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Inequality | |
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| Social Class | |
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| Dimensions of Disadvantage | |
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| Race | |
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| Ethnicity | |
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| Gender | |
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| Multiple Jeopardy | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Economy | |
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| Economic Ideology | |
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| Economic Structure | |
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| The Economic Functions of Retirement | |
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| The Economics of Retirement Income | |
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| Retirement Income in the Future | |
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| Private Enterprise and the Aging Problem | |
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| Aging People as Consumers | |
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| Economic Exploitation of Elders | |
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| Summary | |
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| Politics and Government | |
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| Overview | |
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| Political Activity | |
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| Political Influence | |
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| Government Response to Issues Concerning Aging | |
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| Making Policy | |
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| Summary | |
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| Epilogue: Aging and the Future | |
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| Directions of Social Change | |
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| Demographic clues to the future | |
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| The Future of Psychological Aging | |
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| The Future of Social Aging | |
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| Society's Futures Response | |
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| The Future of Social Gerontology | |
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| Summary | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |