Living on the front line : social and anthropological study of old age and ageing / Susan Pickard.
By: Pickard, Susan
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BookPublisher: Aldershot, Hants : Avebury, 1995Description: vi, 334 p. ; 22 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 1859721680 (m).Subject(s): Old age -- Social aspects | Aging -- Research | Older people -- Social networksDDC classification: 305.26 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 305.26 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00010265 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
As those of pensionable age continue to grow in number, government policy throughout Europe is concerned with tackling the problem of old age. Against this background, this book examines the experience of being old from the the point of view of people who are themselves old (a Welsh case study).
Bibliography: (pages 294-334).
Introduction -- Studying old people: methodology, research strategy and field work techniques -- Setting: a profile of the area under study, past and present -- The social networks of elderly people: isolation and integration -- Independence, dependence, interdependence -- Masculinity and femininity in old age -- Conclusion: continuity and change in old age.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Studying old people: methodology, research strategy and field work techniques
- Setting: a profile of the area under study, past and present
- The social networks of elderly people: isolation and integration
- Independence, dependence, interdependence
- Masculinity and femininity in old age
- Conclusion: continuity and change in old age