You’ve Come a Long Way, Sociology
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When I was an undergraduate at Duke University (Class of ‘52), there was no gerontology, much less any sociology of aging. When I got my doctorate at Columbia University in 1959, there were the beginnings of some gerontology, but still no sociology of aging. It was not until 1979 that there was enough sociology of aging to establish a Section on Aging and the Life Course at the American Sociological Association. This handbook celebrates the 30th anniversary of that establishment by publishing 45 chapters on a wide range of topics in the field by 80 authors. Each author was asked to review the past 30 years and consider questions such as:
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