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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Willigen, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rural elderly.
Older people > Social networks.
Older people.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Personnes âgees en milieu rural > Kentucky.
Personnes âgees > Kentucky.
Personnes âgees > Reseaux sociaux > Kentucky.
Rural elderly > Kentucky.
Older people > Kentucky.
Older people > Social networks > Kentucky.
Kentucky.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages).
ISBN:9780813159478

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