Aging in Place: Changing Socio-ecology and the Power of Kinship on Smith Island, Maryland

This article examines how the people known as Smith Islanders interact with their environment over the life-course. The purpose of the study is to contribute to a better understanding of aging in a small, rural, coastal community which changes are environmentally driven. To address the aging process...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Anthropology & Aging
Main Author: Kopelent Rehak, Jana
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2019
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Online Access:http://anthro-age.pitt.edu/ojs/anthro-age/article/view/181
https://doi.org/10.5195/aa.2019.181