At Home in the City: Growing Old in Urban America
Author:   Stacy Torres
Publisher:   University of California Press
ISBN:  

9780520288621


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   14 January 2025
Format:   Hardback
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At Home in the City: Growing Old in Urban America


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Author:   Stacy Torres
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9780520288621


ISBN 10:   0520288629
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   14 January 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments  1. Another New York Story  2. The Public Living Room  3. Aging Alone, Gossiping Together  4. The Bakery Club  5. Rebuilding the World of Yesterday  6. The Strength of Elastic Ties  7. I Sing the Body Electric  8. At Home in the City  9. The Inevitable Place  Notes  References  Index

Reviews

""Planning helps, but aging has a way of knocking the elderly off course, sending them into hospitals and ending their lives before they’re ready to exit this world. At Home in the City offers practical suggestions about aging and reminds readers that old age like youth is a 'social construction.'"" * CounterPunch * ""This is a trailblazing study.” * Journal of the American Planning Association * “Torres's descriptions are rich, warm, and respectful, and allow readers to recognize that elders’ neighborhood relationships consist of elastic ties rather than either weak or strong ties—terms commonly used to examine relationship networks.” * CHOICE *


Author Information

Stacy Torres is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco. A proud first-generation college graduate, she grew up in New York City.

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