| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xviii, 409 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-399) and index. |
| Summary |
Based upon a five-year study Lydia Bronte has uncovered a remarkable new fact of American life: a stage of healthy adulthood between the ages of fifty and sventy-five that has never existed before created by our nation's advancing longevity. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- pt. I Longevity, Aging, and the Long Careers Study -- 1 Pioneers in Time (starting p. 3) -- 2 The Longevity Factor (starting p. 20) -- 3 Creativity and Peak Mental Performance (starting p. 38) -- 4 Patterns of Aging: Does Everything Go Downhill? (starting p. 59) -- 5 The Long Careers Study (starting p. 73) -- pt. II The Patterns of Long Careers -- 6 The Homesteaders (starting p. 97) -- 7 The Transformers (starting p. 125) -- 8 The Explorers (starting p. 155) -- 9 The Many Paths to a Long Career (starting p. 181) -- pt. III Breaking the Boundaries -- 10 Long Growth Curves and Late Bloomers (starting p. 209) -- 11 Retirers and Returners (starting p. 238) -- 12 Reinventing History: Women and Work in the Twentieth Century (starting p. 264) -- pt. IV Growing and Growing Older -- 13 The Responsibilities of Aging: Philanthropy and Voluntarism (starting p. 297) -- 14 The Two Faces of American Retirement (starting p. 317) -- 15 Staying in Good Health (starting p. 338) -- 16 The Road Not Yet Traveled: Managing Your Own Career (starting p. 355) -- Epilogue (starting p. 381) -- Appendix: Long Careers Study Participants (starting p. 387) -- Notes (starting p. 391) -- Index (starting p. 401). |
| Subject |
Older people -- Employment -- United States.
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Retirees -- Employment -- United States.
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Career changes -- United States.
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Older people -- United States -- Psychology.
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Career changes. (OCoLC)fst00847273
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Older people -- Employment.
(OCoLC)fst01199105
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Older people -- Psychology.
(OCoLC)fst01199124
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Retirees -- Employment.
(OCoLC)fst01096260
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Bronte, Lydia, 1938- Longevity factor. 1st ed. New York, NY : HarperCollins, ©1993 (OCoLC)755284268 |
| ISBN |
0060167556 |
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9780060167554 |
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