A native of Argentina, JUDITH FREIDENBERG is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maryland.

"A compassionate and knowledgeable writer, Judith Freidenberg chronicles the amazing perseverance and resilience of the population of older women and men who live in El Barrio, while describing the internal diversity and social issues that cut across larger populations. Growing Old in El Barrio is an illuminating and important book." - Robert N. Butler M.D,President and CEO, International Longevity Center "An important contribution to the history and ethnography of El Barrio. Particularly valuable is the way in which Freidenberg humanizes her subjects who, as elderly and Latino, are often totally ignored or reduced to a mere statistic." - Arlene Davila,Syracuse University "Makes a strong case for qualitative ethnography in developing policy. Freidenberg provides an excellent balance between quantitative and qualitative research, enriching both with a project that deepens our understanding of the problems of aging migrants. Its exceptional clarity recommends it for both students and policy makers." - June Nash,City University of New York "The most important book to date on the life of urban Hispanic elderly, it provides a vivid understanding of life today in New York City's El Barrio. Freidenberg is especially successful in having the voices of her informants not only lay out the social construction of immigrant experience but using these materials to analyze the important policy implications of her work." - Jay Sokolovsky,University of South Florida "The author believes that her role is to let informants construct their own definitions and cultural understandings rather than using standardized measure of poverty or relying alone on "objective" socioeconomic indicators." (Centro Journal)

A native of Argentina, JUDITH FREIDENBERG is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maryland.

"A compassionate and knowledgeable writer, Judith Freidenberg chronicles the amazing perseverance and resilience of the population of older women and men who live in El Barrio, while describing the internal diversity and social issues that cut across larger populations. Growing Old in El Barrio is an illuminating and important book." - Robert N. Butler M.D,President and CEO, International Longevity Center "An important contribution to the history and ethnography of El Barrio. Particularly valuable is the way in which Freidenberg humanizes her subjects who, as elderly and Latino, are often totally ignored or reduced to a mere statistic." - Arlene Davila,Syracuse University "Makes a strong case for qualitative ethnography in developing policy. Freidenberg provides an excellent balance between quantitative and qualitative research, enriching both with a project that deepens our understanding of the problems of aging migrants. Its exceptional clarity recommends it for both students and policy makers." - June Nash,City University of New York "The most important book to date on the life of urban Hispanic elderly, it provides a vivid understanding of life today in New York City's El Barrio. Freidenberg is especially successful in having the voices of her informants not only lay out the social construction of immigrant experience but using these materials to analyze the important policy implications of her work." - Jay Sokolovsky,University of South Florida "The author believes that her role is to let informants construct their own definitions and cultural understandings rather than using standardized measure of poverty or relying alone on "objective" socioeconomic indicators." (Centro Journal)

A native of Argentina, JUDITH FREIDENBERG is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maryland.

"A compassionate and knowledgeable writer, Judith Freidenberg chronicles the amazing perseverance and resilience of the population of older women and men who live in El Barrio, while describing the internal diversity and social issues that cut across larger populations. Growing Old in El Barrio is an illuminating and important book." - Robert N. Butler M.D,President and CEO, International Longevity Center "An important contribution to the history and ethnography of El Barrio. Particularly valuable is the way in which Freidenberg humanizes her subjects who, as elderly and Latino, are often totally ignored or reduced to a mere statistic." - Arlene Davila,Syracuse University "Makes a strong case for qualitative ethnography in developing policy. Freidenberg provides an excellent balance between quantitative and qualitative research, enriching both with a project that deepens our understanding of the problems of aging migrants. Its exceptional clarity recommends it for both students and policy makers." - June Nash,City University of New York "The most important book to date on the life of urban Hispanic elderly, it provides a vivid understanding of life today in New York City's El Barrio. Freidenberg is especially successful in having the voices of her informants not only lay out the social construction of immigrant experience but using these materials to analyze the important policy implications of her work." - Jay Sokolovsky,University of South Florida "The author believes that her role is to let informants construct their own definitions and cultural understandings rather than using standardized measure of poverty or relying alone on "objective" socioeconomic indicators." (Centro Journal)