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1017122
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b771492
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| Main Entry
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Vincent, John A.,1947-
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| Title & Author
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Inequality and old age /\ John A. Vincent.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: UCL Press,, 1995.
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1 online resource (vi, 218 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203214757
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: 1857282620
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: 1857282639
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: 9780203214756
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: 9781857282627
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: 9781857282634
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Social inequality and the ageing process; Being old in different societies: varieties of ways to be an elderly person; Changing life-course patterns; Old age and the symbolic order; Social theories of inequality: gender, race, class and age; Numbers and justice: who's afraid of an ageing population?; Social theories of ageing; The reproduction of inequality: power, structured dependence and the life course; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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An analysis of ageing in relation to identity formation, inequality and stratification. The book outlines a theory of social inequality which encompasses those inequalities associated with old age - in addition to class, gender, race and ethnicity.
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Aging-- Social aspects-- United States.
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Equality-- United States.
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Older people-- United States.
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Aging-- Social aspects.
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Equality.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Aging.
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Older people.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Gerontology.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.26
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| LC Classification
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HV1461.V56 1995eb
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