'The book could open up a fruitful controversy in social gerontology and should become part of the library of every social gerontologist' -- Contemporary Sociology
'A unique contribution to cross-cultural studies in aging' -- Choice
'Worthwhile reading for any human service professional dealing with the aged' -- Social Work'The book could open up a fruitful controversy in social gerontology and should become part of the library of every social gerontologist' -- Contemporary Sociology
'A unique contribution to cross-cultural studies in aging' -- Choice
'Worthwhile reading for any human service professional dealing with the aged' -- Social WorkIntroduction: Aging and the Aged in Cultural Perspective - Andrei Simic
Old Age in a Life-Term Social Arena: Some Chagga of Kilimanjaro in 1974 - Sally Folk Moore
Winners and Losers: Aging Yugoslavs in a Changing World - Andrei Simic
Youth and Changing in Central Mexico: One Day in the Life of Four Families of Migrants - Carlos G Vélez
A Symbol Perfected in Death: Continuity and Ritual in the Life and Death of an Elderly Jew - Barbara G Myerhoff
El Senior Citizens Club: The Older Mexican-American in the Voluntary Association - José Cuellar
Conclusion - Andrei Simic and Barbara Myerhoff