New Encyclopedia on Aging, Longevity and Later Life

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Dear All:

I am pleased to alert you about new upcoming Encyclopedia on Aging, Longevity, and Later Life:

Encyclopedia of the Life Course
and Human Development,
Volume 3: Later Life.
Macmillan Reference USA, Gale Cengage (December 5, 2008)
http://tinyurl.com/5lobfb

Some excerpts from this encyclopedia are available at:

http://tinyurl.com/2dsvh2

Sample Chapter "Genetic Influences in Later Life"
(first draft)

Comments and suggestions are welcome!

To read comments on this new publication, and to post your own thoughts, click here


Here is a brief description of this new entire 3 volume set:

The Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development examines three key life stages from a sociological perspective, exploring how enduring experiences, as well as transitions and events such as childcare, education, stress, marriage, career, addiction, friendship, parenthood, disease, spirituality, and retirement influence the individuals life course.

The nearly 400 entries in this three-volume set are organized by life stage: Childhood and Adolescence; Adulthood; and Later Life. Included in each is an overview essay that features a detailed discussion of that stage of human development, followed by signed entries that apply sociological as well as economic, biological, psychological, and educational perspectives to a range of topics.

Also covered are sociological theories and their significance to life course study; the impact of social and government policies; and racial, gender, and geographic patterns of many life course phenomena.

Entries are heavily illustrated with photos, graphs, charts, and tables. Also included is coverage of research methods and key data sources, which enhance and reinforce the topical entries, as well as a glossary, thematic outline, annotated bibliography, and cumulative index.

Hope it helps,

Best wishes,

-- Leonid

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-- Leonid Gavrilov, Ph.D.
Website: http://longevity-science.org/
Blog: http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/
My books: http://longevity-science.org/Books.html


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