1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911104080303321

Autore

O'Donnell Mike

Titolo

Age and generation / / Mike O'Donnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Tavistock, 1985

ISBN

1-86013-158-1

1-135-80061-8

1-280-40048-X

9786610400485

0-203-13279-3

9780203132791

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 pages)

Collana

Society now

Social science paperbacks ; ; 301

Disciplina

305.2/0941

Soggetti

Youth - Great Britain

Youth - United States

Age groups - Great Britain

Age groups - United States

Age groups

Subculture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published in the USA in association with Methuen, New York, NY.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Age and generation; 2 The social construction of childhood and youth; 3 Working-class youth subcultures; 4 Black youth; 5 Middle-class youth subcultures: the 1960's; 6 A future for youth?; 7 Adulthood (young adults, the middle-aged, and the elderly); References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Age and Generation introduces students to the main sociological and anthropological issues surrounding this topic, from childhood to old age, and focuses, in particular, on youth culture.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911105440103321

Titolo

Challenging genetic determinism : new perspectives on the gene in its multiple environments / / edited by Louis Maheu and Roderick A. MacDonald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, N.Y., : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-52921-1

9786613841667

0-7735-8654-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MaheuLouis

MacdonaldRoderick A

Disciplina

576.5/3

Soggetti

Personality - Genetic aspects

Genotype-environment interaction

Phenotype

Behavior genetics

Human genetics - Moral and ethical aspects

Human genetics - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers previously presented at the 2007 Fall Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada, under the auspices of the Social Sciences Academy, Academy II.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Genes and personality traits -- section 2. Social and ethical issues challenging genes and environment interplays -- section 3. Interactive models of genes and environment interplays : some examples and observations.

Sommario/riassunto

Compelling essays on understanding the interplay of genes in society.