Worlds of Difference: Inequality in the Aging Experience

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.

• Classic Edition Sources: Human Development
• Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (9th Edition)
• Aging, Society, and the Life Course, Fifth Edition
• Aging and the Life Course: An Introduction to Social Gerontology
• The Cultural Context of Aging: Worldwide Perspectives
• The Sociology of Aging: A Social Problems Perspective
• Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging, Third Edition
• Aging: Concepts and Controversies
• Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood (5th Edition)
• Aging: Concepts and Controversies