ISBN:
0804710724
,
0804711534
Language:
English
Pages:
XXI, 270 S.
,
graph. Darst.
Edition:
[Nachdr.]
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Older people
;
Older people Cross-cultural studies
;
Alter
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction / Pamela T. Amoss and Stevan Harrell -- Evolutionary perspectives on human aging / Kenneth M. Weiss -- "Nepotists" and "altruists" / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy -- "The old people give you life" / Megan Biesele and Nancy Howell -- Old age among the Chipewyan / Henry S. Sharp -- The elderly Asmat of New Guinea / Peter W. Van Arsdale -- Old age in Gwembe District, Zambia / Elizabeth Colson and Thayer Scudder -- Respected elder or old person / James D. Nason -- Growing in respect / N. Nazif Shahrani -- Growing old in rural Taiwan / Stevan Harrell -- Old age in a south Indian village / Paul G. Hiebert -- Coast Salish elders / Pamela T. Amoss
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [249] - 270
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