The end game : how inequality shapes our final years /

The end game : how inequality shapes our final years /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Abramson, Corey M., 1980- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource (244 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Older people -- United States -- Social conditions. Aging -- Social aspects -- United States. Ageism -- United States. Discrimination -- United States. Ageism. Aging -- Social aspects. Discrimination. Older people -- Social conditions. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11243476

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ISBN:	9780674286801 0674286804 9780674743953 0674743954
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed February 28, 2018).
Summary:	"Senior citizens face a gauntlet of physical, psychological, and social hurdles. But do disadvantages accumulated over a lifetime make the final years especially difficult for some people? Or does the quality of life among poor and affluent seniors converge? Corey Abramson investigates whether lifelong inequality structures the lives of the elderly"--Publisher's description.
Other form:	Print version: Abramson, Corey M., 1980- End game. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015 9780674743953
Standard no.:	10.4159/9780674286801

Table of Contents:

"Old Is a Different Animal Altogether": The Shared Predicaments of the End Game
The Uneven Playing Field: Disparate Contexts and Resources in Old Age
Game-Day Strategies: How Prior Experiences Shape Cultural Strategies in the Present
Team Dynamics: The Meanings of Social Ties
Conclusion: How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years.