Binding: Paperback
Description: 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.
Title: Aging In Twentieth - Century Britain
Author(s): Greenhalgh Charlotte
Publisher: University Of California Press
Barcode: 9780520298798
Pages: 280 Pages, 25 Bw Figures
Publication Date: 6/15/2018
Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies
Category: Age Groups: The Elderly