The shady side of fifty : age and old age in late Victorian Canada and the United States /
Dillon, Lisa, 1966-
The shady side of fifty : age and old age in late Victorian Canada and the United States / Age and old age in late Victorian Canada and the United States Lisa Dillon. - Montréal [Québec] ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-328) and index.
Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Organization of Age: Age and Old Age in the Canadian and US Censuses, 1870�1901 -- 3 The Expression of Age: Age(Mis)reporting in the Canadian and US Censuses -- 4 Ambiguity and Discontinuity in the Lives of Elderly Women -- 5 Thresholds of Old Age among Men -- 6 Grandmothers and Grandfathers -- 7 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V
Concerns about aging, old age security, and intergenerational relations existed long before youth culture and falling fertility became such popular media topics. Lisa Dillon uses an examination of the censuses of Canada and the U.S. to break new ground by integrating statistical analyses of the historical data with a discourse analysis of ideas about age and old age. In The Shady Side of Fifty she explores the psychological, social, and economic dimensions of aging during a period of socio-economic and demographic change that mirrors the present day.
English.
9780773574618 (electronic bk.) 0773574611 (electronic bk.) 1282864513 9781282864511 9786612864513 6612864516 0773578498 9780773578494
22573/ctt6q0x2 JSTOR
2008425836
GBA779156 bnb
Uk
1800-1899
Old age--History--Canada--19th century.
Old age--History--United States--19th century.
Older people--Canada--Statistics.
Older people--United States--Statistics.
Vieillesse--Histoire--Canada--19e siècle.
Vieillesse--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
Personnes âgées--Canada--Statistiques.
Personnes âgées--États-Unis--Statistiques.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Aging.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gerontology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Old age.
Older people.
Canada.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Statistics.
HQ1064.C2 / D55 2008eb
305.260971
The shady side of fifty : age and old age in late Victorian Canada and the United States / Age and old age in late Victorian Canada and the United States Lisa Dillon. - Montréal [Québec] ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-328) and index.
Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Organization of Age: Age and Old Age in the Canadian and US Censuses, 1870�1901 -- 3 The Expression of Age: Age(Mis)reporting in the Canadian and US Censuses -- 4 Ambiguity and Discontinuity in the Lives of Elderly Women -- 5 Thresholds of Old Age among Men -- 6 Grandmothers and Grandfathers -- 7 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V
Concerns about aging, old age security, and intergenerational relations existed long before youth culture and falling fertility became such popular media topics. Lisa Dillon uses an examination of the censuses of Canada and the U.S. to break new ground by integrating statistical analyses of the historical data with a discourse analysis of ideas about age and old age. In The Shady Side of Fifty she explores the psychological, social, and economic dimensions of aging during a period of socio-economic and demographic change that mirrors the present day.
English.
9780773574618 (electronic bk.) 0773574611 (electronic bk.) 1282864513 9781282864511 9786612864513 6612864516 0773578498 9780773578494
22573/ctt6q0x2 JSTOR
2008425836
GBA779156 bnb
Uk
1800-1899
Old age--History--Canada--19th century.
Old age--History--United States--19th century.
Older people--Canada--Statistics.
Older people--United States--Statistics.
Vieillesse--Histoire--Canada--19e siècle.
Vieillesse--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
Personnes âgées--Canada--Statistiques.
Personnes âgées--États-Unis--Statistiques.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Aging.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gerontology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Old age.
Older people.
Canada.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Statistics.
HQ1064.C2 / D55 2008eb
305.260971