Age, the life course, and the sociological imagination: Prospects for theory

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3-16

  Dannefer, Dale ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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