Aging in Twentieth-Century Britain
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Aging in Twentieth-Century Britain

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Aging in Twentieth-Century Britain

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Aging in Twentieth-Century Britain
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. CONTENTS
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction: Aging and Twentieth-Century Britain
  10. 1. Experts and the Elderly: Social Research on Old Age
  11. 2. Talking with Peter Townsend: Elderly Britons at Home
  12. 3. Into the Institution: Residential Care for the Aged
  13. 4. ā€œMaking the Best of My Appearanceā€: Grooming in Old Age
  14. 5. Games with Time: Autobiography and Aging
  15. Epilogue
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index