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

Amoss, Pamela. (Added Author). Harrell, Stevan. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0804710724
ISBN: 9780804710725
ISBN: 0804711534
ISBN: 9780804711531
Physical Description: xxi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1981.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.