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Old age in Australia /
The Australian population is rapidly getting older, demanding important policy and service decisions. This groundbreaking book is the first to explore a 100-year history of older people in Australia from 1880 to 1980. Over that period the aged suffered as 'forgotten people' until 1945, whe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carlton, Vic. :
Melbourne University Publishing,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One 'The Forgotten People', 1880-1945; 1 Poverty and Prejudice, 1880-1908: Asylums or Pensions for the Elderly?; 2 Older Women as Widows, Spinsters and Carers, 1880-1950: From Ada Cambridge to Mary Gilmore; 3 Older Men in Victoria, 1870-1933: From James Henty to John Springthorpe; 4 The 'Forgotten People': Poverty, War and Depression, 1914-1945; 5 Generations and Gender: Old Age in the McCrae Family, 1874-1961; Part Two Hope for the Future, 1945-1980; 6 The Brotherhood of St Laurence: Housing the Elderly from 1945
- 7 Victorian Social Surveys on Old Age, 1954-19758 'The Lobby Of Conscience' in NSW: Old People's Welfare Councils and Home Care; 9 Geriatric Medicine: Early Achievements and Disappointed Hopes, 1954-1972; 10 Nursing Homes as Big Business, 1954-1972: 'Inappropriate Places with Inferior Care'; 11 The Debate on 'The Problem' of Retirement for Men, 1950-1980; 12 Edna Ryan's Journal of Old Age, 1972-1994: Retirement Villages or Independent Living?; Select Bibliography; Index