Crossing Frontiers: Gerontology Emerges as a Science Hardcover - 1995
by W. Andrew Achenbaum
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Although philosophers, physicians, and others have long pondered the meanings and experiences of growing older, gerontology did not emerge as a scientific field of inquiry in the United States until the twentieth century. The study of aging borrows from a variety of other disciplines, including medicine, psychology, sociology, and anthropology, but its own scientific basis is still developing. Crossing Frontiers is the first book-length study of the history of gerontology. By tracing intellectual networks and analyzing institutional patterns, W. Andrew Achenbaum explores how old age became a "problem" worth investigating and how a multidisciplinary orientation took shape. Gerontology is a marginal intellectual enterprise but its very strengths and weaknesses illuminate the politics of specialization and academic turf-fighting in U.S. higher education.
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- Title Crossing Frontiers: Gerontology Emerges as a Science
- Author W. Andrew Achenbaum
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 296
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
- Date 1995-08-25
- ISBN 9780521481946 / 0521481945
- Weight 1.29 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.39 x 6.34 x 0.95 in (23.85 x 16.10 x 2.41 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Gerontology - United States - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94047972
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.26
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- Library Journal, 08/01/1995, Page 110
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