Breaking the watch : the meanings of retirement in America /
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Ithaca, N.Y. :
Cornell University Press,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the poignancy and poetry of the everyday
- A first cup : at the firehouse : the unbearable lightness of retirement : ritual and support at the end of work
- A second cup : life is what happens
- Zen masters and master planners : how people prepare for later life
- A third cup : how do you catalog this?
- At work, at home, at large : the sense of person and place
- A fourth cup : behind the mirror
- Looking for the light : the search for passion and purpose in maturity
- A fifth cup : around the lake : the kaleidoscope and the conspirators : kinship, friendship, and meaning among elders
- A sixth cup : the incompleat fatalist
- Death and taxes : dealing with health, finances, and fate in retirement
- Conclusions : lessons and cautions : a final cup : the broken watch.