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The Gift of Generations: Japanese and American Perspectives on Aging and the Social Contract Hashimoto, Akiko (University of Pittsburgh)
The Gift of Generations: Japanese and American Perspectives on Aging and the Social Contract
Hashimoto, Akiko (University of Pittsburgh)
This is a comparative study of aging and the social contract in Japan and the United States. By using quantitative and institutional data as well as absorbing life histories, the book explores the different cultural definitions of vulnerability and giving, and the ways they shape and constrain helping arrangements.
248 pages, 9 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 13, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521555203 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 18 mm · 306 g |
| Language | English |