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Represents the first integrated effort to deal with age as a crucial variable in the social system. Of special interest to sociologists for whom the sociology of age seems destined to become a special field.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. ix-xii
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xiii-xvi
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  1. Part One: Introduction
  1. Chapter 1. Elements in a Model of Age Stratification
  2. pp. 3-26
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  1. Chapter 2. Interpretation of Research on Age
  2. In association with Edward E. Nelson Bernice C. Starr
  3. pp. 27-90
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  1. Chapter 3. Notes on the Concept of a Population
  2. Norman B. Ryder
  3. pp. 91-112
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  1. Part Two: Age Stratification in Selected Aspects of Society
  1. Chapter 4. The Polity
  2. Anne Foner
  3. pp. 115-159
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  1. Chapter 5. The Work Force
  2. In association with Harris Schrank
  3. pp. 160-197
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  1. Chapter 6. The Community
  2. Bernice C. Starr
  3. pp. 198-235
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  1. Chapter 7. Higher Education and Changing Socialization
  2. Talcott Parsons, Gerald M. Platt
  3. pp. 236-291
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  1. Chapter 8. Age, Aging, and Age Structure in Science
  2. Harriet Zuckerman, Robert K. Merton
  3. pp. 292-356
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  1. Chapter 9. Friendship
  2. Beth Hess
  3. pp. 357-394
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  1. Part Three: The Nature of Age Stratification
  1. Chapter 10. Age Strata in the Society
  2. pp. 397-456
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  1. Chapter 11. The Life Course of Individuals
  2. John A. Clausen
  3. pp. 457-514
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  1. Chapter 12. The Succession of Cohorts
  2. pp. 515-582
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  1. Appendix: Some Problems of Research on Age
  2. pp. 583-618
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  1. Subject Index
  2. pp. 619-642
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  1. Name Index
  2. pp. 643-652
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