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The end game : how inequality shapes our final years / Corey M. Abramson.

By: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource (244 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674286801
  • 0674286804
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: End game.DDC classification:
  • 305.260973 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1064.U5 A223 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
"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.
Summary: "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"-- Publisher's description.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HQ1064 .U5 A223 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001359180

"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"-- Publisher's description.

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.

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