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100 1 _aSavishinsky, Joel S.
245 1 0 _aBreaking the watch :
_bthe meanings of retirement in America /
_cJoel S. Savishinsky.
260 _aIthaca :
_bCornell University Press,
_cc2000.
300 _ax, 281 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-277) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : 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.
650 0 _aRetirement
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aRetirees
_xRecreation
_zUnited States.
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