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Contexts of Ageing Class, Cohort and Community

UCL Discovery (University College London)Published 1 January 2005
Chris Gilleard, Paul Higgs
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TL;DR

This book discusses later life and the two generational fields of modernity, class, modernity and the Lifecourse, and the nature of class in Later Life.

Abstract

Preface.Acknowledgements.Chapter 1. Introduction.Chapter 2. Class, Modernity and the Lifecourse.Chapter 3. The Nature of Class in Later Life.Chapter 4. Cohort and Generation and the Study of Social Change.Chapter 5. Later life and the two generational fields of modernity.Chapter 6. Community and the nature of belonging.Chapter 7. Community in Later Life.Chapter 8. Fog-lamps and Leitmotifs.Notes.References.Index

Keywords

Social Sciences