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Author:   Merril Silverstein (Marjorie Cantor Professor of Aging, Syracuse University) ,  Roseann Giarrusso (Associate Professor, California State University, Los Angeles)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9781421408934

ISBN 10:   1421408937
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   27 October 2013
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Foreword, by Toni C. Antonucci Acknowledgments Introduction. Solidarity as a Key Concept in Family and Generational Research Part I: Family Connections: Solidarity Within and Across Generations Chapter 1. Differences in Mothers' and Fathers' Parental Favoritism in Later Life: A Within-Family Approach Chapter 2. Intergenerational Solidarity in Blended Families: The Inequality of Financial Transfers to Adult Children and Stepchildren Chapter 3. Generational Contact and Support among Late Adult Siblings Within a Verticalized Family Part II: Grandparents in a Changing Demographic Landscape: Mothers and Mentors Chapter 4. Grandmothers' Diff erential Involvement with Grandchildren in Rural Multiple Partner Fertility Family Structures Chapter 5. The Role of Grandparents in the Transition to Adulthood: Grandparents as ""Very Important"" Adults in the Lives of Adolescents Part III: Of Generations and Cohorts: Micro-Macro Dialectics Chapter 6. Who's Talking about My Generation? Chapter 7. Toward Generational Intelligence: Linking Cohorts, Families, and Experience Chapter 8. Biography and Generation: Spirituality and Biographical Pain at the End of Life in Old Age Part IV: Religion and Families: Contexts of Continuity, Change, and Conflict Chapter 9. How Theory-Building Prompts Explanations about Generational Connections in the Domains of Religion, Spirituality, and Aging Chapter 10. The Transmission of Religion across Generations: How Ethnicity Matters Chapter 11. Church-Based Negative Interactions among Older African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and Non-Hispanic Whites Part V: Global, Cross-National, and Cross-Ethnic Issues: Who Will Care for the Young and the Old? Chapter 12. Global Aging and Families: Some Policy Concerns about the Global Aging Perspective Chapter 13. Social Change, Social Structure, and the Cycle of Induced Solidarity Chapter 14. The Intergenerational Social Contract Revisited: Cross-National Perspectives Chapter 15. Aging, Health, and Families in the Hispanic Population: Evolution of a Paradigm Short Biography of Vern L. Bengtson List of Contributors Index"

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Merril Silverstein is the Marjorie Cantor Professor of Aging at Syracuse University. Roseann Giarrusso is an associate professor of gerontology and sociology at the California State University, Los Angeles.

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