Author: Kinoshita, Yasuhito & Kiefer, Christie W.
Title: Refuge of the Honored : Social Organization in a Japanese Retirement Community
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (1992). orig.cloth. 23x16cm, x, 220 pp. Textual graphs & tables. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: The Scholarly Context of the Study; Aging in Japan: An Overview; Demography & Income; Consequences of Social Change; Welfare Homes for the Aged & Emerging Retirement Communities; Fuji-no-sato: The Setting & the System; The Residents; Social Integration: Management & Residents: Communication Failure; The Residents Association; Group & Individual Activities; Patterns of Social Interaction; Conclusions.

Keywords: Social Anthropology, Japan, Gerontology, Retirement, Communities, Sociology, Aging, ,