Crossing Frontiers: Gerontology Emerges as a Science

by W. Andrew Achenbaum

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Gerontology did not emerge as a scientific field of inquiry in the United States until the twentieth century. By tracing intellectual networks and analyzing institutional patterns, Crossing Frontiers shows how old age became a problem worth investigating and how a multidisciplinary orientation took shape. Gerontology remains a marginal intellectual enterprise, but its very strengths and weaknesses illuminate the politics of specialization and academic turf-fighting in U.S. higher education.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521481945

ISBN13:9780521481946

Release Date:August 1995

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.29 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"

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20th Century History History & Philosophy Medical Medical Books Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks

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