Over the Next Hill: An Ethnography of RVing Seniors in North America, Second Edition / Edition 2

Over the Next Hill: An Ethnography of RVing Seniors in North America, Second Edition / Edition 2

Over the Next Hill: An Ethnography of RVing Seniors in North America, Second Edition / Edition 2
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ISBN-10:
1551114232
ISBN-13:
9781551114231
Pub. Date:
05/01/2001
Publisher:
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-10:
1551114232
ISBN-13:
9781551114231
Pub. Date:
05/01/2001
Publisher:
University of Toronto Press
Over the Next Hill: An Ethnography of RVing Seniors in North America, Second Edition / Edition 2

Over the Next Hill: An Ethnography of RVing Seniors in North America, Second Edition / Edition 2

Overview

Over the Next Hill addresses an understudied but fast growing group in our society—the elderly.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781551114231
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication date: 05/01/2001
Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
Edition description: second edition
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

David R. Counts is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University.


Dorothy Ayers Counts is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Waterloo, and has published and edited a wide variety of books, including an extensive work on aging in South Pacific societies that have no place for those who 'retire.'

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

  1. Lurking in the Laundromat: Doing Research With RVers
  2. Aging, Retirement, and RVing
  3. From Auto Campers to Escapees
  4. Gypsies and Pioneers: Images of RVers
  5. If They Aren't Us, Who Are They?
  6. On the Road Again
  7. "Home is Where I Park It"
  8. "They're My Family Now"
  9. "Hanging Up the Keys"

Appendices:

  1. RV Living Survey
  2. Research Method
  3. Canadian Federal and Provincial Eligibility for Provincial Health Care
  4. Glossary
  5. What Now?

References and Internet Resources

Index

What People are Saying About This

Pamela Asquith

Over the Next Hill addresses an understudied but fast growing group in our society—the elderly. The writing is clear and understandable and the book should be of interest to both academic and general readers—especially to Rvers.

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