Gettin' Some Age on Me: Social Organization of Older People in a Rural American Community

by John van Willigen

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The social life of older rural Americans is made up of relationships formed through kinship, their neighborhoods, and the organizations to which they belong. These social institutions are shaped by the ways people use them, and therefore change through time. In this precedent-setting study, John van Willigen uses the concept of social network to investigate life-course changes in the relationships of older people within the context of community history...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0813116481

ISBN13:9780813116488

Release Date:February 1989

Publisher:University Press of Kentucky

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.97 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Cultural Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Rural Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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