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The family life of old people; an inquiry in East London.
- Title
- The family life of old people; an inquiry in East London. Foreword by J.H. Sheldon.
- Author
- Townsend, Peter, 1928-2009.
- Publication
- London, Routledge & K. Paul [1957]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 284 pages diagrams, tables; 22 cm
- Series Statement
- Reports of the Institute of Community Studies, 2
- Uniform Title
- Reports of the Institute of Community Studies ; 2.
- Subject
- Older people > England > Bethnal Green
- Older people > Great Britain > Case studies
- Older people
- Aged
- Family
- elderly
- Older people
- Familienleben
- Alter
- Bejaarden
- Familierelaties
- Older people > England > London > Social conditions
- Older people > Family relationships > England > London
- England
- England > London > Bethnal Green
- Great Britain
- London > Ost
- London (Ost)
- Genre/Form
- Case Reports
- Case studies
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 272-276.
- Contents
- The study in outline -- Place and people -- Home and family -- Living near relatives -- The family system of care -- Man and wife and the home economy -- Sons and daughters -- Brothers and sisters -- The extended family and the kinship network -- Family and community -- Retirement -- Poverty -- Isolation, loneliness and the hold on life -- Who claim state care? -- Keeping the family together -- Conclusion.
- LCCN
- 58000586
- OCLC
- ocm00676163
- 676163
- SCSB-192012
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library