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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Professor David EkerdtPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231189804ISBN 10: 023118980 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 16 June 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Not Forever 1. A Convoy of Possessions Across the Life Course 2. With Aging, How Large a Convoy? 3. Moving Calls the Question 4. Contours of Household Disbandment 5. Gifts to Others 6. Selling Possessions 7. Donations and Discards 8. Emotion and Evaluation 9. Advice Appendix Notes References IndexReviewsDownsizing is a good read that advances the notion that the life course within social gerontology needs to take a material turn. It is hard to imagine a reader who could not relate to this book. -- Renee Beard, College of the Holy Cross Author InformationDavid Ekerdt is professor of sociology and gerontology at the University of Kansas. He is the editor in chief of the Encyclopedia of Aging (2002) and a coeditor of Consumption and Generational Change: The Rise of Consumer Lifestyles (2009), among other publications. In 2018, he served as president of the Gerontological Society of America. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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