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

Title: The citizen's wage : the state and the elderly in Canada, 1900-1951 / James G. Snell.
Author: Snell, James G.
Publication: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [1996], ©1996.

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Description

xxii, 286 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subjects

Older people > Government policy > Canada > History > 20th century
Older people > Services for > Canada > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

ISBN

0802007376 (cloth)
0802077927 (paper)

OCLC

ocm34959766

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Columbia University Libraries