Older Men's Lives

PART ONE: THE SOCIAL MEANING OF AGE AND GENDER Older Men as Men in Contemporary Society - Edward H Thompson, Jr PART TWO: BECOMING AN OLDER MAN: DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES `Successful Aging' and Psychological Well-Being - George E Vaillant Evidence from a Forty-Five Year Study The Work Oriented Culture - Kenneth Solomon and Peggy A Szwabo Success and Power in Elderly Men Development and Pathology in Post-Parental Men - David L Gutmann and Margaret Hellie Huyck A Community Study Faith Development of Older Men - Barbara Pittard Payne Masculinity Identity from Work to Retirement - Theodore J Gradman PART THREE: THE SOCIAL WORLDS OF OLDER MEN A Gender Analysis of Older Men's Sexuality - William Marsiglo and Richard A Greer Social, Psychological, and Biological Dimensions A Typology of Orientations Toward Household and Marital Roles of Older Men and Women - Patricia M Keith Older Men's Friendship Patterns - Rebecca G Adams Men's Ties to Siblings in Old Age - Sarah Matthews Contributing Factors to Availability and Quality Old Men as Fathers and Grandfathers - Jeanne L Thomas Older Men and the Family Caregiving Orientation - Leonard Kaye and Jeffery Applegate PART FOUR: GENDER AND AGE POLICY Making Gender Visible in Public Policy - Judith Gonyea