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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810944803321

Titolo

Productive aging [[electronic resource] ] : concepts and challenges / / edited by Nancy Morrow-Howell, James Hinterlong, and Michael Sherraden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Md. ; ; London, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8018-7657-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Morrow-HowellNancy <1952->

HinterlongJames <1970->

SherradenMichael W <1948-> (Michael Wayne)

Disciplina

305.26

Soggetti

Older people

Life span, Productive

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The history and current state of productive aging. Productive aging : principles and perspectives/ James Hinterlong, Nancy Morrow-Howell, and Michael Sherraden-- Productive aging in historical perspective/ W. Andrew Achenbaum-- Productive aging : a conceptual framework/ Scott A. Bass and Francis G. Caro-- Disciplinary perspectives on productive aging. Biomedical perspectives on productive aging/ Alvar Svanborg-- Psychological implications of productive aging/ James E. Birren-- Sociological perspectives on productive aging/ Brent A. Taylor and Vern L. Bengtson-- Productive aging : an economist's view/ James H.. Schulz-- Emergent theories in gerontology. Productive aging and the ideology of old age/ Harry R. Moody-- The political economy of productive aging/ Carroll L. Estes and Jane Mahakian-- Changes over the life course in productive activities : black and white comparison/ James Jackson-- Future directions in practices, theory, and research. Structural lead : building the new institution for an aging America/ Marc Freedman-- Productive aging : theoretical choices and directions/ Michael Sherraden, Nancy Morrow-Howell, and James Hinterlong-- Setting a research agenda on productivity in later life/ Nancy Morrow-Howell ... [et al.]