Aging and generational relations over the life course : a historical and cross-cultural perspective / edited by Tamara K. Hareven.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Hareven, Tamara K.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Aging and Generational Relations over the Life Course (1992 : University of Delaware)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging--History--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.

Aging.

Intergenerational relations--History--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.

Intergenerational relations.

Older people--Care--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.

Older people.

Older people--Family relationships--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (541 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Aging and Generational Relations over the Life Course".

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Aging and Generational Relations Over the Life Course / Hareven, Tamara Κ.

Kinship and Care for the Aged in Traditional Rural Iberia / Brandes, Stanley

Household Patterns of the Elderly and the Proximity of Children in a Nineteenth-Century City, Verviers, Belgium, 1831-1846 / Alter, George / Cliggett, Lisa / Urbiel, Alex

The "Life Stairs": Aging, Generational Relations, and Small Commodity Production in Central Europe / Ehmer, Josef

Aging in a Never-Empty Nest: The Elasticity of the Stem Family / Fauve-Chamoux, Antoinette

The Family, State Support and Generational Relations in Rural Ireland at the Turn of the Twentieth Century / Guinnane, Timothy W.

Relations Between Older Adults and Their Adult Children in a Nineteenth-Century Italian Town / Kertzer, David I. / Hogan, Dennis P.

Retirement, Inheritance, and Generational Relations: Life-Course Analysis in Historic Eastern Europe / Plakans, Andrejs

Gender, Rural-Urban and Socio-Economic Differences In Coresidence of the Elderly with Adult Children: The Case of Sweden 1860-1940 / Tedebrand, Lars-Göran

Asymmetry in Intergenerational Family Relationships in Italy / Barbagli, Marzio

Equity Between Generations in Aging Societies: The Problem of Assessing Public Policies / Guillemard, Anne-Marie

Residence and Family Support Systems for Widows In Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Texas / Zachritz, Jane / Gutmann, Myron P.

Living Arrangements of the Elderly in America: 1880-1980 / Ruggles, Steven

The Generation in the Middle: Cohort Comparisons in Assistance to Aging Parents in an American Community / Hareven, Tamara Κ. / Adams, Kathleen

Fathers and Sons in Rural America: Occupational Choice and Intergenerational Ties Across the Life Course / Elder, Glen H. / Robertson, Elizabeth B. / Conger, Rand D.

The Well-Being of Aging Americans With Very Old Parents / Hogan, Dennis P. / Eggebeen, David J. / Snaith, Sean M.

Exchanges Within Black American Three-Generation Families: The Family Environment Context Model / Jackson, James S. / Jayakody, Rukmalie / Antonucci, Toni C.

The Demography of Family Care for the Elderly / Wolf, Douglas A. / Soldo, Beth J. / Freedman, Vicki

Types of Supports for the Aged and Their Providers in Taiwan / Hermalin, Albert I. / Ofstedal, Mary Beth / Chang, Ming-Cheng

Familial Support and the Life Course of Thai Elderly and Their Children / Knodel, John / Chayovan, Napaporn / Siriboon, Siriwan

Intergenerational Support In Sri Lanka: The Elderly and Their Children / Uhlenberg, Peter

Some Inter- and Intracohort Comparisons of Generational Interactions: From the Acquisition of Parental Roles through Postparenthood in Japan, 1914-1958 / Masaoka, Kanji / Fujimi, Sumiko

Generational Relations and Their Changes As They Affect the Status of Older People in Japan / Morioka, Kiyomi

Generational Relations: A Future Perspective / Riley, Matilda White / Riley, John W.

Notes:

P. [vii]: "Volume result[ing] from the International Conference on Aging and Generational Relations over the Life Course ... University of Delaware, October, 1992."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110875522

3110875527

OCLC:

979762474