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Stanford University Press
Language
English
Pages
270

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Subjects

Aging, Ethnology, Gerontology, Cross-cultural studies, Older people
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1981, Stanford University Press
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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.

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. [249]-261.
Includes index.

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Stanford, Calif

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Dewey Decimal Class
305.2/6
Library of Congress
GN485 .O83

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xxi, 270 p. :
Number of pages
270

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OL4431858M
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79066056
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2128899

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