Crossing Frontiers

Name: Crossing Frontiers
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521481946
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Gerontology Emerges as a Science

Autor: W. Andrew Achenbaum

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Vazba: Pevná

Vydavatel: Cambridge University Press

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Although philosophers, physicians, and others have long pondered the meanings and experiences of gro...

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Autor

W. Andrew Achenbaum

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydáno

1995

Stránek

296

EAN

9780521481946

ISBN

0521481945

Enbook ID

02032634

Vydavatel

Cambridge University Press

Hmotnost

588

Rozměry

152 x 229 x 21

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Although philosophers, physicians, and others have long pondered the meanings and experiences of growing older, gerontology did not emerge as a scientific field of inquiry in the United States until the twentieth century. The study of aging borrows from a variety of other disciplines, including medicine, psychology, sociology and anthropology, but its own scientific basis is still developing. Despite dozens of aging-related journals, and a notable increase in state, regional, national and international networks, there are no widely shared techniques or distinctive methods. Theories of aging remain partial and tentative. By tracing intellectual networks and analyzing institutional patterns, Crossing Frontiers shows how old age became a 'problem' worth investigating and how a multidisciplinary orientation took shape. Gerontology is a marginal intellectual enterprise but its very strengths and weaknesses illuminate the politics of specialization and academic turf-fighting in U.S. higher education.

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