Age and Generation in Modern Britain

Name: Age and Generation in Modern Britain
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ISBN: 9780198279624

ISBN-10: 0198279620

ISBN-13: 9780198279624

Edition: 1995

Authors: Jane Pilcher

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Covering an increasingly important topic in sociology, this book is a thorough and lively introduction to the role and importance of age in contemporary British society. The first two chapters introduce the reader to thinking about age from a sociological perspective. Asking the question `What is age?' and then guiding the reader through the main theoretical approaches to its sociological study. The core of the book represents the latest information on each of the major age divisions in Britain: childhood; youth; adulthood; later life and old age. The book compares the role of age in Britain today with different cultures and periods in history, as well as assessing the importance and…

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/29/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.28" wide x 7.95" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgements



Concepts and Measurement


Further Reading



Social Theory and Age



Children and Childhood


Further Reading



Youth


Further Reading



Adulthood and Middle Age


Further Reading



Later Life and Old Age


Further Reading


Give and Take? Age Relationships and the Transfer of Support


Further Reading



Cohort Membership


Further Reading



from Here to Post-Modernity?


Index