Growing Old with the Welfare State: Eight British Lives

by Philip Tew, Nick Hubble, Jennie Taylor

Book Overview

The combined effect of the welfare state and medical advances means that more people now live longer lives than ever before in history. As a consequence, the experience of ageing has been transformed. Yet our cultural and social perceptions of ageing remain governed by increasingly dated images and narratives.

Growing Old with the Welfare State challenges these stereotypes by bringing together eight previously unpublished stories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 135003309X
• ISBN13: 9781350033092
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"