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The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50
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The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50 Paperback - 2009

by Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara

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Renowned sociologist Lawrence-Lightfoot challenges the still-prevailing and anachronistic images of aging by documenting and revealing how the years between 50 and 75 may, in fact, be the most transformative and generative time in a person's life.

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  • Title The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50
  • Author Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Sarah Crichton Books, NY USA
  • Date 2009-12-22
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Z13B-02676
  • ISBN 9780374532215 / 0374532214
  • Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.24 x 6.88 x 0.82 in (20.93 x 17.48 x 2.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Generational Orientation: Elderly/Aged
  • Library of Congress subjects Older people - United States, Aging - Psychological aspects
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011414380
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.260

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About the author

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is the Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education at Harvard and the chair of the board of the MacArthur Foundation. As a sociologist, she examines the culture of schools, the patterns and structures of classroom life, socialization within families and communities, and the relationships between culture and learning styles.