The last frontier
the social meaning of growing old
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Author
Publication
1977 - Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, Calif, California
Language
English
Word Count
53,750 words, Guess
Page Count
215 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL4553618M
- Internet Archivelastfrontiersoci00font
- ISBN-100803908326
- ISBN-100803908334
- ISBN-139780803908321
Classifications
- DDC301.43/5
- LCCHQ1061 .F59
- LCCHQ1061
Description
How do the elderly manage to give meaning to their daily lives? Fontana has spent three years watching and talking to an enormous variety of old people: those who can afford to "grow old gracefully", the elderly poor who scrape by in urban ghettos, and those who age behind the walls of nursing homes. He lets them speak for themselves, and what they say is often surprising: it destroys many of our most cherished assumptions about aging. This book provides fundamental insights into ways to age with dignity and sense. -- Publisher description.
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