Historical Influences on Lives & Aging

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ISBN: 9780826124050 | 0826124054
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/1/2005

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Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park. Focuses on the ways in which an individual's life course is effected by the historical contexts and events. Also discusses refining theoretical issues, assembling current empirical knowledge and the impact of historical transitions within societies. DNLM: Aging--psychology.

Contributors

vii

Preface

Historical Changes and the American Life Course

(42)

Maris A. Vinovskis

Commentary: This American Life: A Discussion of the Role of History in Developmental Outcomes

(14)

Jacquelyn B. James

Commentary: What Happened to America's Elderly Population?

(8)

Mark D. Hayward

Immigration, Incorporation, and Generational Cohorts in Historical Contexts

(65)

Ruben G. Rumbaut

Commentary: Convergence and Divergence in the Developmental Contexts of Immigrants to the United States

(10)

Andrew J. Fuligni

Commentary: Immigration of Older Adults: Extending the Incorporation Typology

(9)

Gordon F. De Jong

Human Agency in the Transition from Communism: Perspectives on the Life Course and Aging

108

(58)

Mikk Titma

Nancy Brandon Tuma

Commentary: Life Course Analysis in the Context of Failed Institutional Change in Post-Communist Societies

144

(4)

Victor Nee

Commentary: Social Change and Individual Development: A Challenge-Response Approach

148

(18)

Rainer K. Silbereisen

Matthias Reitzle

Martin Pinquart

Job-Search Strategies in Time and Place: A Study of Post-Service Employment Among Former Russian Army Officers

166

(42)

David E. Rohall

V. Lee Hamilton

David R. Segal

Jessica Y. Y. Kwong

Commentary: Job Search in the New Russia by Former Soviet Army Officers

190

(9)

Mikk Titma

Commentary: The More Things Change: Coping with Transition in the New Russia

199

(9)

Regina Smyth

Coming of Age in Wartime: How World War II and the Korean War Changed Lives

208

(44)

John H. Laub

Robert J. Sampson

Commentary: Time, Race, and Gender Differences in the Effects of Military Service on Veteran Outcomes

229

(6)

David R. Segal

Commentary: Military Service and Emotional Maturation: The Chelsea Pensioners

235

(17)

Carolyn M. Aldwin

Michael R. Levenson

Well-Being of Low-Income Adults in a Period of Historical Changes in Welfare and Employment Policies

252

(47)

Aletha C. Huston

Rashmita S. Mistry

Johannes M. Bos

Mi-Suk Shim

Commentary: Welfare Reform and Well-Being

286

(13)

Greg J. Duncan

Author Index

299

(7)

Subject Index

306

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