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Worlds of Difference
Inequality in the Aging Experience

Third Edition

Edited by:

Eleanor Palo Stoller - Case Western Reserve University, USA
Rose Campbell Gibson - Anthropology, University of Michigan, Emeritus

Other Titles in:
Aging and Gerontology (Behavioral Science) (General)

March 2015 | 376 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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This collection of readings presents a variety of perspectives on ageing from different communities across the United States: Native American, Puerto Rican, African American, the elderly homeless, white working class, gay and Mexican amongst many others. The readings cover topics such as: life course; social and psychological contexts of ageing; paid and unpaid activity; the American family; and health.

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