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Age and Generation in Modern Britain (Hardcover)
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Age and Generation in Modern Britain (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Modern Britain
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Covering an increasingly important topic in sociology, this book is
a thorough and lively introduction to the role and importance of
age in contemporary British society. The first two chapters
introduce the reader to thinking about age from a sociological
perspective. Asking the question What is age?' and then guiding the
reader through the main theoretical approaches to its sociological
study. The core of the book represents the latest information on
each of the major age divisions in Britain: childhood; youth;
adulthood; later life and old age. The book compares the role of
age in Britain today with different cultures and periods in
history, as well as assessing the importance and influence of
biology, biography, gender, ethnicity, and class. A special feature
of the book is the way it pays close attention to the increasingly
important notion of generation' in explaining British social
structure and behaviour. It looks at the way belonging to different
generations' creates identities and shapes relationships within
families and across society. The book will be an invaluable
introduction and point of reference for students of sociology,
human geography, and social policy, as we
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