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Crossing Frontiers
W. Andrew Achenbaum
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Gerontology Emerges as a Science
出版Cambridge University Press, 1995-08-25
主題History / United States / 20th CenturyMedical / GeriatricsMedical / HistoryScience / HistorySocial Science / Gerontology
ISBN05214819459780521481946
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ZseuhhcuOvAC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Gerontology did not emerge as a scientific field of inquiry in the United States until the twentieth century. By tracing intellectual networks and analyzing institutional patterns, Crossing Frontiers shows how old age became a "problem" worth investigating and how a multidisciplinary orientation took shape. Gerontology remains a marginal intellectual enterprise, but its very strengths and weaknesses illuminate the politics of specialization and academic turf-fighting in U.S. higher education.