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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11952766.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-277) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : the poignancy and poetry of the everyday -- A first cup : at the firehouse -- The unbearable lightness of retirement : ritual and support at the end of work -- A second cup : life is what happens -- Zen masters and master planners : how people prepare for later life -- A third cup : how do you catalog this? -- At work, at home, at large : the sense of person and place -- A fourth cup : behind the mirror -- Looking for the light : the search for passion and purpose in maturity -- A fifth cup : around the lake -- The kaleidoscope and the conspirators : kinship, friendship, and meaning among elders -- A sixth cup : the incompleat fatalist -- Death and taxes : dealing with health, finances, and fate in retirement -- Conclusions : lessons and cautions -- A final cup : the broken watch.".
- catalog extent "x, 281 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Breaking the watch.".
- catalog identifier "0801437717 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Breaking the watch.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog relation "Breaking the watch.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "306.3/8/0973 21".
- catalog subject "HQ1063.2.U6 S39 2000".
- catalog subject "Retirees Recreation United States.".
- catalog subject "Retirement United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : the poignancy and poetry of the everyday -- A first cup : at the firehouse -- The unbearable lightness of retirement : ritual and support at the end of work -- A second cup : life is what happens -- Zen masters and master planners : how people prepare for later life -- A third cup : how do you catalog this? -- At work, at home, at large : the sense of person and place -- A fourth cup : behind the mirror -- Looking for the light : the search for passion and purpose in maturity -- A fifth cup : around the lake -- The kaleidoscope and the conspirators : kinship, friendship, and meaning among elders -- A sixth cup : the incompleat fatalist -- Death and taxes : dealing with health, finances, and fate in retirement -- Conclusions : lessons and cautions -- A final cup : the broken watch.".
- catalog title "Breaking the watch : the meanings of retirement in America / Joel S. Savishinsky.".
- catalog type "text".