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The citizen's wage : the state and the elderly in Canada, 1900-1951 /

Although we inevitably grow old, the social, cultural, and economic characteristics associated with aging are neither natural nor inevitable. James Snell brings a historian's perspective to the problems of aging and the discourse that surrounds it, a discourse that affects both public policy an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Snell, James G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©1996.
Colección:Heritage.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Daily Lives
  • 2. Institutionalizing the Dependent Elderly: The First Old Age Homes
  • 3. The Family and Intergenerational Support
  • 4. Property and the Culture of Entitlement
  • 5. Agency among Old Age Pensioners
  • 6. Organizing Politically: The First Grey Lobby
  • 7. Shifting Policies of Old Age Pensions
  • 8. Conclusion.