Aging in Twentieth-Century Britain
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20th century britain
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aging britons
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baby boomers
british welfare state
care of the aged
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celebrated social scientists
comprehensive examination
creative pursuits
elderly
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experiences of elderly people
family relations
first generation
health
living conditions
modern era
old age
peter townsend
public understandings of old age
retirement
work lives
Product details
- ISBN 9780520298781
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jun 2018
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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As today’s baby boomers reach retirement and old age, this timely study looks back at the first generation who aged in the British welfare state. Using innovative research methods, Charlotte Greenhalgh sheds light on the experiences of elderly people in twentieth-century Britain. She adds further insights from the interviews and photographs of celebrated social scientists such as Peter Townsend, whose work helped transform care of the aged. A comprehensive and sensitive examination of the creative pursuits, family relations, work lives, health, and living conditions of the elderly, Aging in Twentieth-Century Britain charts the determined efforts of aging Britons to shape public understandings of old age in the modern era.
Charlotte Greenhalgh is Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow and teaches history at Monash University in Melbourne.
