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Abramson, Corey M., 1980-

The end game : how inequality shapes our final years / Corey M. Abramson. - 1 online resource (244 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Old Is a Different Animal Altogether": The Shared Predicaments of the End Game -- The Uneven Playing Field: Disparate Contexts and Resources in Old Age -- Game-Day Strategies: How Prior Experiences Shape Cultural Strategies in the Present -- Team Dynamics: The Meanings of Social Ties -- Conclusion: How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years.

"Senior citizens face a gauntlet of physical, psychological, and social hurdles. But do disadvantages accumulated over a lifetime make the final years especially difficult for some people? Or does the quality of life among poor and affluent seniors converge? Corey Abramson investigates whether lifelong inequality structures the lives of the elderly"--

ISBN: 9780674286801 0674286804

Standard No.: 10.4159/9780674286801 doi

Source: 22573/ctt1c7shfm JSTOR

LCCN: 2014043464

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Older people--Social conditions.--United States
Aging--Social aspects--United States.
Ageism--United States.
Discrimination--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Ageism.
Aging--Social aspects.
Discrimination.
Older people--Social conditions.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ1064.U5 / A223 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 305.260973