A Theory of aging in cross-cultural perspective -- Aging in a gerontocratic society: the sidamo of southwest Ethiopia -- The Aged and eldership among the igbo -- Aging amoung Southern African Bantu -- The Role and status of the aged in a changing samoa -- The Role and status of the aged in Thailand -- The Role of Old people in Santo Tomas Mazaltepec -- Functions of the aged among salt river pima -- Japan: the after years -- The Aged in the USSR -- Old age in Ireland: demographic and sociological aspects -- The Elderly in Austrian Society -- Selected aspects of a aging in Israel: 1969 -- Aging in the Kibbutz in Israel -- Status and role of the aged in Norwegian society -- Aging in American society -- Cultural valuas and dependency in Later life -- Role changes in widowhood: a world perspective -- Summary and conclusions: the theory in review

1. Aging -- Population
2. Modernization
3. Aged