Jeremy Tunstall

Old and Alone

A Sociological Study of Old People

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1966, this was the first full-length study by a sociologist of isolation in old age. Although the majority of old people were in no sense a problem group at the time, a substantial minority of the elderly were 'alone' in one or more ways. About 1.3 million people aged 65 and over in Britain lived alone.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781032701875
• ISBN-10: 1032701870
• Artikelnr.: 70361193

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Tunstall

Inhaltsangabe

I. Introduction and Summary Part I: Forms of Being Alone II. Living Alone
III. Social Isolation IV. Loneliness V. Anomie Part II: Groups at Risk VI.
Single VII. Recently Widowed VIII. Housebound Part III: Private Pursuits
and Public Provision IX. Use of Time X. Money XI. Social Services Part IV:
Discussion XII. Personality XIII. Social Theory XIV. Social Policy.
Selected Bibliography. Appendix 1: Method. Appendix 2: Questionnaires.
Appendix 3: Scoring Social Isolation. Index.