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100	1		_aQuadagno, Jill S., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAging and the life course : _cJill Quadagno. _ban introduction to social gerontology /
250			_aSeventh edition.
260			_aDubuque, IA : _bMcGraw-Hill Education, _c2017.
300			_axxi, 441 pages : _bIllustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_btxt
337			_bn _2rdamedia
338			_bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aRevised edition of the author's Aging and the life course, c2014.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aPart One: DEFINING THE FIELD -- 1. The Field of Social Gerontology 2. Life Course Transitions 3. Theories of Aging 4. Demography of Aging -- Part Two: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON AGING -- 5. Old Age and the Welfare State 6. Biological Perspectives on Aging 7. Psychological Perspectives on Aging -- Part Three: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF AGING -- 8. Family Relationships and Social Support Systems 9. Living Arrangements 10. Work and Retirement -- Part Four: HEALTH ASPECTS OF LATER LIFE -- 11. Health and Health Care 12. Caring for the Frail Elderly 13. Dying, Death, and Bereavement -- Part Five: AGING AND SOCIETY -- 14. The Economics of Aging 15. Poverty and Inequality 16. The Politics of Aging.
520			_a"Quadagno's groundbreaking text, Aging and the Life Course: An Introduction to Social Gerontology, examines the relationship between quality of life in old age and its experiential catalysts. Throughout the text an emphasis is placed on the intersectionality of race, class, gender, and culture, and how these classifications affect quality of life. Students will come away with a broad background for understanding crucial and current policy debates. Digital Connect -- The Connect Suite effectively engages students in the course so they are better prepared for class, more active in discussion, and achieve better results. Its innovative and adaptive technology addresses a wide variety of student and instructor needs with a rich database of assignable and assessable activities, each attached to learning objectives. Connect, part of the Connect suite, is a web-based assignment and assessment platform that features a number of powerful tools that make managing assignments easier for instructors and learning and studying more engaging and efficient for students. Connect InsightTM -- As part of the Connect Suite, InsightTM puts real-time analytics in your hands so you can take action early and keep struggling students from falling behind. Designed for your tablet or desktop computer, Insight is a series of visual displays providing at-a-glance information regarding how your section, students, and assignments are doing. SmartBook -- As part of the Connect Suite, SmartBook is the first and only adaptive reading and learning experience that changes the way students read. It creates a personalized, interactive reading environment like no other by highlighting important concepts, while helping students identify their strengths and weaknesses. This ensures that he or she is focused on the content needed to close specific knowledge gaps, while it simultaneously promotes long term learning. LearnSmart -- As part of the Connect Suite, LearnSmart is an adaptive learning program designed to help students learn faster, study smarter, and retain more knowledge for greater success. Millions of students have answered billions of questions in LearnSmart, making it the most widely used tool that's proven to strengthen memory recall, retain student attendance, and boost grades"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aGerontology.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aQuadagno, Jill S., author. _tAging and the life course an introduction to social gerontology _bSeventh edition. _dDubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill Education, 2017 _z9781259955556 _w(DLC) 2017010586
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