TY  - BOOK
AU  - Savishinsky,Joel S.
TI  - Breaking the watch: the meanings of retirement in America 
SN  - 0801437717 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - HQ1063.2.U6 S39 2000
U1  - 306.3/8/0973 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Retirement
KW  - United States
KW  - Retirees
KW  - Recreation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-277) and index; 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
ER  -