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Breaking the watch : the meanings of retirement in America /
The topic of retirement becomes increasingly compelling as the U.S. population ages. It's easy to find books about how to plan financially for those years after careers end, but Breaking the Watch focuses on the many ways of creating a life, not just making a living, as a retired person. This b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : the poignancy and poetry of the everyday
- A first cup : at the firehouse : the unbearable lightness of retirement : ritual and support at the end of work
- A second cup : life is what happens
- Zen masters and master planners : how people prepare for later life
- A third cup : how do you catalog this?
- At work, at home, at large : the sense of person and place
- A fourth cup : behind the mirror
- Looking for the light : the search for passion and purpose in maturity
- A fifth cup : around the lake : the kaleidoscope and the conspirators : kinship, friendship, and meaning among elders
- A sixth cup : the incompleat fatalist
- Death and taxes : dealing with health, finances, and fate in retirement
- Conclusions : lessons and cautions : a final cup : the broken watch.