Savishinsky, Joel S. <br/><br/>
Breaking the watch :  the meanings of retirement in America / 
Joel S. Savishinsky. 
 - Ithaca :  Cornell University Press,  c2000. 
 - x, 281 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-277) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : the poignancy and poetry of the everyday -- A first cup : at the firehouse : the unbearable lightness of retirement : ritual and support at the end of work -- A second cup : life is what happens -- Zen masters and master planners : how people prepare for later life -- A third cup : how do you catalog this? -- At work, at home, at large : the sense of person and place -- A fourth cup : behind the mirror -- Looking for the light : the search for passion and purpose in maturity -- A fifth cup : around the lake : the kaleidoscope and the conspirators : kinship, friendship, and meaning among elders -- A sixth cup : the incompleat fatalist -- Death and taxes : dealing with health, finances, and fate in retirement -- Conclusions : lessons and cautions : a final cup : the broken watch. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801437717 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00009092 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Retirement--United States.<br/>Retirees--Recreation--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1063.2.U6  / S39 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.3/8/0973