The widow's choice, or, One, two, three
Author : Catherine George Mason
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Page : 650 pages
File Size : 11,41 MB
Release : 1823
Category : English fiction
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Author : Catherine George Mason
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Page : 650 pages
File Size : 11,41 MB
Release : 1823
Category : English fiction
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Author : Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 48,24 MB
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0062082639
Unlike anything Joyce Carol Oates has written before, A Widow’s Story is the universally acclaimed author’s poignant, intimate memoir about the unexpected death of Raymond Smith, her husband of forty-six years, and its wrenching, surprising aftermath. A recent recipient of National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, Oates, whose novels (Blonde, The Gravedigger’s Daughter, Little Bird of Heaven, etc.) rank among the very finest in contemporary American fiction, offers an achingly personal story of love and loss. A Widow’s Story is a literary memoir on a par with The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and Calvin Trillin’s About Alice.
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Page : 770 pages
File Size : 34,78 MB
Release : 1959
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Author : Kenneth S Apfel
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0815797710
In the debate over Social Security reform, most of the work on individual accounts has focused on how individuals would save and manage those accounts during their working lives. Uncharted Waters goes further and addresses the often neglected questions about how and under what circumstances funds could be withdrawn from these accounts. In Uncharted Waters, a panel of recognized experts created a framework for determining how benefits might be paid if private accounts become a new part of the Social Security system or are created separate from Social Security. This important volume analyzes the potential implications of different policy choices. It considers the ramifications of payout rules for families at different stages of life, particularly for economically disadvantaged groups. The contributors also address how any new individual account program would fit with traditional Social Security, employer-based pensions, and tax-advantaged individual retirement savings (401(k)s and IRAs). As the debate over individual savings accounts rages, Uncharted Waters offers a sound framework for informing public policy on both sides of the argument.
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Page : 1692 pages
File Size : 42,71 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Circleville (Ohio)
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Page : 714 pages
File Size : 18,54 MB
Release : 1824
Category : Asia
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Author : Betty Potash
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,44 MB
Release : 1986-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804766568
Although widows constitute a quarter of the adult female population in many African societies, they have not been the focus of detailed, cross-cultural research. This is the first comparative anthropological study of widowhood in Africa, comprising ten case studies that cover a broad spectrum of societies in different parts of the continent. This volume shows clearly that widows are not passive objects of male transactions; they have interests and options, and make choices affecting their own lives. Ties to children, access to productive sources, and rights to housing are shown to have particular importance for widows' residential and marital decisions. This book provides a needed corrective both to the male perspective on kinship and to women's studies that deal almost exclusively with the adult married woman. In contrast to the traditional anthropological emphasis on widow remarriage and the functions such marriages have for the maintenance of marriage alliances, these papers deal with the women themselves and the quality of their lives. The introduction surveys the literature, examines the factors affecting the widows' strategies, and shows how accepted anthropological concepts of marriage, affinity, and community look different when considered from the perspective of widows. There is a foreword by Mariam K. Slater.
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Page : 536 pages
File Size : 14,77 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Christian literature, Early
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Page : 1056 pages
File Size : 12,67 MB
Release : 1890
Category : English periodicals
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Page : 552 pages
File Size : 23,64 MB
Release : 1890
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