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9780813116488 : gettin-some-age-on-me-van-willigen
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Gettin' Some Age on Me

Social Organization of Older People in a Rural American Community

By John van Willigen
University Press of Kentucky
The social life of older rural Americans is made up of relationships formed through kinship, their neighborhoods, and the organizations to which they belong. These social institutions are shaped by the ways people use them, and therefore change through time. In this precedent-setting study, John van Willigen uses the concept of social network to investigate life-course changes in the relationships of older people within the context of community history.

Gettin' Some Age on Me grew out of a study of more than 130 older people in a rural Kentucky county. They were interviewed concerning their relationships with others, and data were collected on the give and take of support that is part of their social life. An understanding of community life and history, developed through interviews and period documentation, provided a context for understanding the changes these people have experienced over time. Finally, related studies by other researchers provided a framework for interpreting rural and urban differences.

Van Willigen skillfully interweaves these various accounts to reveal fundamentally important patterns. It is clear that these other people should be viewed not as dependent and isolated but as important sources for social support; that even though their social relationships decline in number late in life, early in the post retirement period there is an apparent increase in social involvement; and that older people are much less isolated in the rural community studied than in many urban areas.

This book makes a substantial contribution to the very limited literature on aging in rural America. It is important reading for social gerontologists and for all social scientists with an interest in American communities.

About the Author

John van Willigen is professor of anthropology at the University of Kentucky and the author of many books, including Tobacco Culture: Farming Kentucky's Burley Belt and Food and Everyday Life on Kentucky Family Farms, 1920-1950.

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"One of the standards in the study of social-network analysis."—American Journal of Sociology

"Well written and rich in empirical material."—American Anthropologist

University Press of Kentucky
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural (47 Titles)
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social (291 Titles)
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology (4 Titles)

Hardback
February 21, 1989
9780813116488
English
208
1 figure, 9 tables
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5.50 Inches (US)
.95 Pounds (US)
$20.00 USD
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Electronic book text
December 14, 2021
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$40.00 USD
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9780813116488 : gettin-some-age-on-me-van-willigen
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9780813188829 : food-and-everyday-life-on-kentucky-family-farms-1920-1950-van-willigen-van-willigen

Food and Everyday Life on Kentucky Family Farms, 1920-1950

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Dec 2021 - University Press of Kentucky
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9780813183985 : tobacco-culture-van-willigen-eastwood

Tobacco Culture

Farming Kentucky's Burley Belt
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Oct 2021 - University Press of Kentucky
$35.00 USD - Electronic book text
$25.00 USD - Paperback / softback
9780813178493 : kentuckys-cookbook-heritage-van-willigen

Kentucky's Cookbook Heritage

Two Hundred Years of Southern Cuisine and Culture
John van Willigen
Aug 2019 - University Press of Kentucky
$40.00 USD - Hardback
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Older Rural Americans

edited by E. Grant Youmans
Dec 2025 - University Press of Kentucky
$30.00 USD - Paperback / softback
$12.95 USD - Electronic book text
9780813194141 : shake-out-friedberger

Shake-Out

Iowa Farm Families in the 1980s
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$20.00 USD - Paperback / softback
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9780813196947 : engaging-appalachia-fletcher-long-schumann

Engaging Appalachia

A Guidebook for Building Capacity and Sustainability
edited by Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, Rebecca-Eli Long, William Schumann
Mar 2023 - University Press of Kentucky
$40.00 USD - Hardback
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