Gettin' Some Age on Me : Social Organization of Older People in a Rural American Community / John van Willigen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Willigen, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Social networks--Kentucky.

Older people.

Rural older people--Kentucky.

Rural older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Gettin' Some Age on Me grew out of a study of more than 130 older people in a rural Kentucky county. They were interviewed concerning their re

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface: Growing Old in Rural America; 1. Age and Social Organization; 2. Social Ecology of Ridge County, Kentucky; 3. Collecting Data; 4. Farm, Family, and Homeplace; 5. The Networks; 6. Network Exchange; 7. Old Friends and Perfect Strangers; Appendix: Network Profile Instructions and Schedule; References Cited; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [168]-182.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813159478

0813159474

OCLC:

610360149