City of Green Benches : : Growing Old in a New Downtown / / Maria Vesperi.
St. Petersburg, Florida, has become virtually synonymous with retirement and old age. The city of green benches once courted its elderly population; now, however, it seeks to rejuvenate its image, to attract the young through urban revitalization. In this humane and sensitive book, Maria Vesperi, an...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1986 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- About the Title of This Book
- Introduction
- PART ONE. The Apperception of Old Age
- 1. City of Green Benches
- 2. Reciprocity
- 3. Recognition
- PART TWO. Social Policy and the Reality of Aging
- 4. Housing
- 5. Neighborly Senior Services
- 6. Mental Health Care
- Conclusion: Intelligere est pati
- Afterword to the Cornell Paperbacks Edition
- References
- Index