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"An American anthropologist, Jennie Keith . . . went to live for twelve months in a French housing scheme for retired people and as a participant observer conducted a study in community creation. This book, in which she describes and analyses her experience, is a delight. It is scholarly and draws on a wide range of studies of similar residences and other collectives; it is also vivid, funny, sad and entertaining."—Marie Borland, British Journal of Social Work

Old People, New Lives: Community Creation in a Retirement Residence

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/10/1982
    ISBN13: 9780226429656, 978-0226429656
    ISBN10: 0226429652

    Number of Pages: 235

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    "An American anthropologist, Jennie Keith . . . went to live for twelve months in a French housing scheme for retired people and as a participant observer conducted a study in community creation. This book, in which she describes and analyses her experience, is a delight. It is scholarly and draws on a wide range of studies of similar residences and other collectives; it is also vivid, funny, sad and entertaining."—Marie Borland, British Journal of Social Work

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