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the meanings of retirement in America

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Cornell University Press
Language
English
Pages
281

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Subjects
Recreation, Retirees, Retirement
Places
United States

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Breaking the Watch: The Meanings of Retirement in America
2018, Cornell University Press
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Breaking the Watch: The Meanings of Retirement in America
November 2002, Cornell University Press
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2000, Cornell University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction : the poignancy and poetry of the everyday
A first cup : at the firehouse : the unbearable lightness of retirement : ritual and support at the end of work
A second cup : life is what happens
Zen masters and master planners : how people prepare for later life
A third cup : how do you catalog this?
At work, at home, at large : the sense of person and place
A fourth cup : behind the mirror
Looking for the light : the search for passion and purpose in maturity
A fifth cup : around the lake : the kaleidoscope and the conspirators : kinship, friendship, and meaning among elders
A sixth cup : the incompleat fatalist
Death and taxes : dealing with health, finances, and fate in retirement
Conclusions : lessons and cautions : a final cup : the broken watch.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-277) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
306.3/8/0973
Library of Congress
HQ1063.2.U6 S39 2000, HQ1063.2.U6S39 2000, HQ 1063.2 U6 S39 2000

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Pagination
x, 281 p. ;
Number of pages
281

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OL6776216M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780801437717
ISBN 10
0801437717
LCCN
00009092
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3743518

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