Age and Generation in Modern Britain

Zusatztext The aim of this book is laudable; it seeks to present age as an important factor in the stratification of society, in a format suitable for the newcomer and the general reader ... an important contribution to setting an age-oriented agenda at under-graduate level ... this is a good introductory text which doesn't assume a high level of knowledge and is written in an accessible manner. Its clarity and organisation makes it suitable as a first-year undergraduate text or as an introduction to more specialised courses on such topics as ageing or the lifecourse ... this text pulls together a vast array of material which can be used to help undergraduates engage with issues which, until recently, have been "invisible" within academic debate, such as age and stratification, power and inter-generational and inter-cohort relationships. As such, it makes a clear contribution to the integration of the topic of ageing into the undergraduate curriculum. Zusammenfassung This book provides the student with a comprehensive and accessible overview of the role and importance of age and generation in Britain today.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Pilcher, Jane (Lecturer in Sociology Pilcher
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.05.1995
• EAN: 9780198279624
• ISBN: 978-0-19-827962-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Oxford Modern Britain; Oxford Modern Britain
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous