Aging: The Social Context - Hardcover

Morgan, Leslie A.; Kunkle, Suzanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803990871 ISBN 13: 9780803990876

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1998

Synopsis

This introductory text on social gerontology, written from a sociological perspective, presents a very broad range of material. Biological, health and psychological viewpoints are considered in order to provide a truly multidisciplinary approach.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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As our aging population grows ever larger, it is increasingly important to understand how adults age and what we can do to provide up-to-date care to ensure their well-being as an integral part of society. Leslie Morgan and Suzanne Kunkel understand that this phenomenon is about much more than just the physical or biological aspects of growing older and have put together a comprehensive text on the impact of society and sociology on the aging process.

Use this text to explore the diversity of the aging population and dispel the major stereotypes surrounding the elderly. Learn about aging through all the layers of social context from family life to politics and economics. And through this approach, come to see how aging is more than just an individual process, it is a process that effects the direction of our society as a whole.

For the Student:

• Web sites of interest and key terms defined at the end of each chapter
• Real life stories and essays on love, sex, music, medicine, and crime

For the Professor:

• Assignment-ready reading in a ""One Chapter a Week"" format
• Questions for discussion and review at each chapter end
• ""Applying Theory"" sections place the lesson of each chapter in a clear, real-world setting

Instructor's Guide Now Available! An Instructor's Manual for this textbook is available for those professors who have adopted Aging, Society, and the Life Course, Third Edition and can verify a bookstore order of 7 or more copies. Please email our Marketing Department at marketing@springerpub.com if you have adopted this text as you will need a password to download the guide. Please provide the name and telephone number of the bookstore that ordered the textbooks.

A print version of the Instructor's Manual is also available. "

About the Author:

Leslie Morgan is Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She has authored or co-authored three previous books and has also published over 30 articles and book chapters. Her research has focused on a variety of issues related to the aging of the population and issues confronting older persons, including widowhood, economic well-being, family relationships, and housing alternatives.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0803990871
• ISBN 13: 9780803990876
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 488