LEADER 05732nam 22007694a 450 001 9910784546603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-92698-8 010 $a9786610926985 010 $a0-08-049518-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000364740 035 $a(EBL)297033 035 $a(OCoLC)476068625 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000082210 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11342162 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000082210 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10137454 035 $a(PQKB)10268334 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC297033 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL297033 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10180377 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL92698 035 $a(PPN)187267162 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000364740 100 $a20051005d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aHandbook of aging and the social sciences$b[electronic resource] /$feditors Robert H. Binstock and Linda K. George ; associate editors Stephen J. Cutler, Jon Hendricks, and James H. Schulz 205 $a6th ed. 210 $aAmserdam ;$aBoston $cAcademic Press, an imprint of Elsevier$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (541 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84972-280-3 311 $a0-12-088388-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aFront Cover; Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; About the Editors; Part One: Aging and Time; Chapter 1. Aging and the Life Course; I. Why Gerontology Needs the Life Course; II. Clarifying the Distinctiveness of Old Age; III. Exploring Connections Between Old Age and Prior Life Periods; IV. The End of Gerontology?; V. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. Modeling the Effects of Time: Integrating Demographic and Developmental Perspectives; I. Conceptions of Time; II. Population Concepts; III. Analysis Issues 327 $aIV. Modeling the Effects of Time V. Conclusions; References; Part Two: Aging and Social Structure; Chapter 3. Morbidity, Disability, and Mortality; I. Epidemiologic Transition Theory and Recent Trends in Adult Mortality; II. The Dynamics of Morbidity, Disability, and Mortality; III. Demographic, Social, and Behavioral Differentials in Morbidity, Disability, and Mortality; IV. Conclusions and Future Research Directions; References; Chapter 4. Old Age Through the Lens of Family History; I. The Initial Interpretative Phase: Modernization and the Families of the Old 327 $aII. The Second Phase: The Cambridge Group and Its Followers III. A Research Agenda; References; Chapter 5. Internal and International Migration; I. Internal Migration; II. Late-Life International Migration; III. Future Research Priorities; References; Chapter 6. Diversity and Aging in the United States; I. Population Diversity and the Pact Between the Generations; II. The Ethnic Age Grading of the Population; III. Culture and Diversity; IV. Health of the Elderly Minority Population; V. Income and Wealth: The Sources of Retirement Security; VI. Age at Immigration 327 $aVII. Medical Care, Living Arrangements, and Long-Term Care VIII. Conclusion; References; Chapter 7. Social Networks and Health; I. Social Structure and Health; II. The Network Approach; III. Review of Social Network Properties and Health; IV. Conclusions and Directions for Future Research; References; Chapter 8. Converging Divergences in Age, Gender, Health, and Well-Being: Strategic Selection in the Third Age; I. Age- and Gender-Graded Role Constellations; II. The Third Age and Retirement: Institutions and Role Constellations in Flux 327 $aIII. Converging Divergences in the Third Age: Consequences of Obsolete Age- and Gender-Graded Constellations IV. A Converging Divergence?; V. Summary; References; Chapter 9. Stratification and the Life Course: Life Course Capital, Life Course Risks, and Social Inequality; I. Life Course Capital: Evolutionary and Social Origins; II. Forms of Life Course Capital: A Brief Review; III. Childhood: The First Life Course Risks in the Development of Life Course Capital; IV. Challenges to Linking Childhood Origins to Adult Outcomes 327 $aV. Life Course Risks After Childhood: Variant Opportunities and Deviant Setbacks 330 $aThe Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Sixth Edition provides a comprehensive summary and evaluation of recent research on the social aspects of aging. The 25 chapters are divided into four sections discussing Aging and Time, Aging and Social Structure, Social Factors and Social Institutions, and Aging and Society. 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