Gettin' some age on me : social organization of older people in a rural American community /

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The social life of older rural Americans is made up of relationships formed through kinship, their neighborhoods, and the organizations to which they belong. These social institutions are shaped by the ways people use them, and therefore change through time. In this precedent-setting study, John van...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Willigen, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
Temas:
Older people > Social networks > Kentucky.
Older people > Kentucky.
Rural older people > Kentucky.
Personnes âgées > Réseaux sociaux > Kentucky.
Personnes âgées > Kentucky.
Personnes âgées en milieu rural > Kentucky.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Older people.
Older people > Social networks.
Rural elderly.
Kentucky.
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Sumario:The social life of older rural Americans is made up of relationships formed through kinship, their neighborhoods, and the organizations to which they belong. These social institutions are shaped by the ways people use them, and therefore change through time. In this precedent-setting study, John van Willigen uses the concept of social network to investigate life-course changes in the relationships of older people within the context of community history. Gettin' Some Age on Me grew out of a study of more than 130 older people in a rural Kentucky county. They were interviewed concerning their re.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages)
ISBN:9780813159478
0813159474
1322597332
9781322597331
0813116481
9780813116488

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