| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-08-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 278 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 7.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 19.2 oz |
Publisher's Note B> Using a sociological perspective, book book examines how aging is asocial construct, rather than a specific chronological age or set of conditions. KEYTOPICS: Covers all facets of aging, and how aging is a consequence of various socialstructural factors, rather than a cause.
This book explores the contextual dimension of growing old in American society today. It constructs a relationship between the process of aging, its societal definitions and their consequences, and thus a sociology of aging.
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