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Productive aging [electronic resource] : concepts and challenges / edited by Nancy Morrow-Howell, James Hinterlong, and Michael Sherraden.

Contributor(s): Morrow-Howell, Nancy, 1952- | Hinterlong, James, 1970- | Sherraden, Michael W. (Michael Wayne), 1948- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001Description: xx, 345 p.Subject(s): Older people | Life span, ProductiveGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.26 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The history and current state of productive aging. Productive aging : principles and perspectives/ James Hinterlong, Nancy Morrow-Howell, and Michael Sherraden-- Productive aging in historical perspective/ W. Andrew Achenbaum-- Productive aging : a conceptual framework/ Scott A. Bass and Francis G. Caro-- Disciplinary perspectives on productive aging. Biomedical perspectives on productive aging/ Alvar Svanborg-- Psychological implications of productive aging/ James E. Birren-- Sociological perspectives on productive aging/ Brent A. Taylor and Vern L. Bengtson-- Productive aging : an economist's view/ James H.. Schulz-- Emergent theories in gerontology. Productive aging and the ideology of old age/ Harry R. Moody-- The political economy of productive aging/ Carroll L. Estes and Jane Mahakian-- Changes over the life course in productive activities : black and white comparison/ James Jackson-- Future directions in practices, theory, and research. Structural lead : building the new institution for an aging America/ Marc Freedman-- Productive aging : theoretical choices and directions/ Michael Sherraden, Nancy Morrow-Howell, and James Hinterlong-- Setting a research agenda on productivity in later life/ Nancy Morrow-Howell ... [et al.]

Includes index.

The history and current state of productive aging. Productive aging : principles and perspectives/ James Hinterlong, Nancy Morrow-Howell, and Michael Sherraden-- Productive aging in historical perspective/ W. Andrew Achenbaum-- Productive aging : a conceptual framework/ Scott A. Bass and Francis G. Caro-- Disciplinary perspectives on productive aging. Biomedical perspectives on productive aging/ Alvar Svanborg-- Psychological implications of productive aging/ James E. Birren-- Sociological perspectives on productive aging/ Brent A. Taylor and Vern L. Bengtson-- Productive aging : an economist's view/ James H.. Schulz-- Emergent theories in gerontology. Productive aging and the ideology of old age/ Harry R. Moody-- The political economy of productive aging/ Carroll L. Estes and Jane Mahakian-- Changes over the life course in productive activities : black and white comparison/ James Jackson-- Future directions in practices, theory, and research. Structural lead : building the new institution for an aging America/ Marc Freedman-- Productive aging : theoretical choices and directions/ Michael Sherraden, Nancy Morrow-Howell, and James Hinterlong-- Setting a research agenda on productivity in later life/ Nancy Morrow-Howell ... [et al.]

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.