Breaking the watch : the meanings of retirement in America /
"This book follows women and men from a rural American community as they approach and experience the first years of retirement. Joel Savishinsky focuses on the efforts people make to find meaning in a stage of life American culture often views in a confused or disdainful way."--Jacket.
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
c2000.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Savishinsky, Joel S. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Breaking the watch : |b the meanings of retirement in America / |c Joel S. Savishinsky. |
| 260 | |a Ithaca : |b Cornell University Press, |c c2000. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 281 p. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-277) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Introduction : the poignancy and poetry of the everyday -- |t A first cup : at the firehouse -- |t The unbearable lightness of retirement : ritual and support at the end of work -- |t A second cup : life is what happens -- |t Zen masters and master planners : how people prepare for later life -- |t A third cup : how do you catalog this? -- |t At work, at home, at large : the sense of person and place -- |t A fourth cup : behind the mirror -- |t Looking for the light : the search for passion and purpose in maturity -- |t A fifth cup : around the lake -- |t The kaleidoscope and the conspirators : kinship, friendship, and meaning among elders -- |t A sixth cup : the incompleat fatalist -- |t Death and taxes : dealing with health, finances, and fate in retirement -- |t Conclusions : lessons and cautions -- |t A final cup : the broken watch. |
| 520 | 1 | |a "This book follows women and men from a rural American community as they approach and experience the first years of retirement. Joel Savishinsky focuses on the efforts people make to find meaning in a stage of life American culture often views in a confused or disdainful way."--Jacket. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Retirement |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Retirees |x Recreation |z United States. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Savishinsky, Joel S. |t Breaking the watch. |d Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2000 |w (OCoLC)651972752 |
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