City of Green Benches Growing Old in a New Downtown |
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| Author:
| Vesperi, Maria |
| Series title: | The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8014-9322-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1998 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.95 |
Book Description:
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St. Petersburg, Florida, has become virtually synonymous with retirement and old age. The city of green benches once courted its elderly population; now, however, it seeks to rejuvenate its image, to attract the young through urban revitalization. In this humane and sensitive book, Maria Vesperi, an anthropologist and journalist, looks at the...
St. Petersburg, Florida, has become virtually synonymous with retirement and old age. The city of green benches once courted its elderly population; now, however, it seeks to rejuvenate its image, to attract the young through urban revitalization. In this humane and sensitive book, Maria Vesperi, an anthropologist and journalist, looks at the...