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Widows: Vol. II: North America
Widows: Vol. II: North America
edited by Helena Znaniecka Lopata
Duke University Press Cloth: 978-0-8223-0724-2
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The volume examines two communities in Canada, a Florida retirement community, and communities in Ohio, Nebraska, and California, as well as the relative situations of homeowners, blacks, and poor ethnic populations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Tables ix
Preface xi
Part I. Relatively Homogeneous Populations
1. Widows: North American Perspectives / Helena Znaniecka Lopata 3
2. American After Lives: Widowhood in Community Context / Christine L. Fry and Lauree Garvin 32
3. Attachment to Home and Support Systems of Older Widows in Columbus, OH / Shirley L. O'Bryant 48
4. Widows in a Florida Retirement Community / Anne Victoria Neale 71
5. The Influence of Religion on the Subjective Well-Being of the Widowed / Rubye Wilkerson Beck 95
6. Widows in Urban Nebraska: Their Informal Support Systems / Trudy B. Anderson 109
Part II. Comparisons and Contrasts
7. Support Systems for American Black Wives and Widows / Jessyna M. McDonald 139
8. Comparison of the Needs and Support Systems of Remarried and Nonremarried Widows / Margaret Gentry, Linda Rosenman, and Arthur D. Schulman 158
9. Widowhood as the Next Stage in the Life Course / Phyllis Silverman 171
10. Widowhood Among Low-Income Racial and Ethnic Groups in California / Anabel O. Pelham and William F. Clark 191
Part III. The Big Picture
11. Support Systems of Widows in Canada / Anne Marie Matthews 225
12. Activities, Religiosity, and Morale of Canadian Widowed Persons / Carol D. H. Harvey, Gordon E. Barnes, Leonard J. Greenwood, Rose Kabahenda-Nyakabwa 251
13. Brief Conclusions / Helena Zaniecka Lopata 273