Other ways of growing old : anthropological perspectives / edited by Pamela T. Amoss and Stevan Harrell.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1981.Description: xxi, 270 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.2/6 19
LOC classification:
  • GN485 .O83 GN485 .O83
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.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [249]-261.

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.

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