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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
©1996.
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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.