| Description |
xvii, 299 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Springer series on adulthood and aging ; v. 18 |
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Springer series on adulthood and aging ; v. 18.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 265-289. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Theory and the ethnic dimensions of aging -- Current perspectives in ethnicity and aging / Donald E. Gelfand and Charles M. Barresi -- Ethnic aging and the life course / Charles M. Barresi -- Ethnicity and lifetimes : self-concepts and situational contexts of ethnic identity in late life / Mark Luborsky and Robert L. Rubinstein -- Issues of conceptual discourse in ethnic research and practice / Elena Bastida -- Explorations in ethnic identity, oldness, and continuity / Milada Disman -- Part II. Research and the ethnic dimensions of aging -- Two worlds in conflict : the elderly Hmong in the United States / Christopher L. Hayes -- Age and religious commitment in the American-Jewish community / Cary S. Kart -- Amish families in later life / Timothy H. Brubaker and Carol M. Michael -- Ethnicity in the informal networks of older sunbelt migrants : a case history of the Finns in Florida / Eleanor Palo Stoller -- Social support among Black, Mexican, and Chinese elderly / James E. Lubben and Rosina M. Becerra -- Organizational activities, cultural factors, and well-being of aged Japanese Canadians / K. Victor Ujimoto -- Part III. Practice, policy, and the ethnic dimensions of aging -- Overcoming access problems in ethnic communities/ Carole Cox -- Being old and Greek in America / Kathryn A. Kozaitis -- Aging, ethnicity, and services : empirical and theoretical perspectives / Zev Harel, Ed McKinney, and Michael Williams -- Cooperative practice to overcome socially constructed hardship for ethnic elderly people / Michael J. MacLean and Rita Bonar -- Defining retirement for Black Americans / Rose C. Givson -- Aging in an ethnic society : policy issues for aging among minority groups / Fernando Torres-Gil -- Conclusion : Looking back and looking ahead / Charles M. Barresi and Donald E. Gelfand |
| Subject |
Minority older people -- United States.
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Old age.
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Ethnicity -- United States.
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Older people.
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Ethnicity -- United States.
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Minorities.
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| Added Author |
Gelfand, Donald E.
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Barresi, Charles M.
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| ISBN |
082615610X |
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