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!

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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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Adult Development and Aging (New Book)

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Greetings,

Here is a new book for discussion:

Adult Development and Aging
by Paul A Roodin and William J. Hoyer
(Hardcover - Jan 15, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher (McGraw Hill Higher Education):

The fifth edition of Adult Development and Aging offers professors and students a clear, comprehensive and current account of the salient issues and concerns that dominate the field of Adult Development. After reading this text, students will have a keen understanding of where adult development and aging has been in the past, where it is right now, and where it will be headed in the future.

In Adult Development and Aging, 5e authors William Hoyer and Paul Roodin combine their expertise in teaching and research to provide clear explanations of the awesome, complex unfolding of development during the adult years. The text presents findings derived from theories and ideas about understanding adulthood and aging in an interdisciplinary, process oriented perspective.

Material is organized in terms of the biological, social and cultural contexts in which change occurs during the adult years. Information is presented in the context of young adults growing older in today’s world, informed by research and theory.

Key words:
New books, Adult Development and Aging, Paul Roodin, William Hoyer, McGraw Hill Higher Education, ageing, gerontology


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