The shady side of fifty : age and old age in late Victorian Canada and the United States /

Concerns about aging, old age security, and intergenerational relations existed long before youth culture and falling fertility became such popular media topics. Lisa Dillon uses an examination of the censuses of Canada and the U.S. to break new ground by integrating statistical analyses of the hist...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dillon, Lisa, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montréal [Québec] ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
1800-1899
Old age > Canada > History > 19th century.
Old age > United States > History > 19th century.
Older people > Canada > Statistics.
Older people > United States > Statistics.
Vieillesse > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Vieillesse > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Personnes âgées > Canada > Statistiques.
Personnes âgées > États-Unis > Statistiques.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Aging.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Old age.
Older people.
Canada.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Statistics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Organization of Age: Age and Old Age in the Canadian and US Censuses, 1870â€?1901
  • 3 The Expression of Age: Age(Mis)reporting in the Canadian and US Censuses
  • 4 Ambiguity and Discontinuity in the Lives of Elderly Women
  • 5 Thresholds of Old Age among Men
  • 6 Grandmothers and Grandfathers
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V

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