Overview

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.

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Author:   Charlotte Greenhalgh
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   13
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780520298798

ISBN 10:   0520298799
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   15 June 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Aging and Twentieth-Century Britain 1. Experts and the Elderly: Social Research on Old Age 2. Talking with Peter Townsend: Elderly Britons at Home 3. Into the Institution: Residential Care for the Aged 4. “Making the Best of My Appearance”: Grooming in Old Age 5. Games with Time: Autobiography and Aging Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Charlotte Greenhalgh is Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow and teaches history at Monash University in Melbourne.  

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