Aging in East and West
Subtitle: families, states, and the elderly
By: Vern L. Bengtson ... [et al.], editors
Contributors: Bengtson, Vern L
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co; Springer Publishing Company
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Older people -- Cross-cultural studies; Aging -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies
Description: "The editors and contributors call attention to the varied effects of population aging in culturally diverse societies that are often at different stages or on different paths of economic development. Such analyses emphasize the ways in which cultural stereotypes of aging and the elderly complicate our understanding of the effects of world-wide population aging."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index