Prime Time

A History of the Middle Aged in Twentieth-Century Britain

Nonfiction, History
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Author: John Benson ISBN: 9781317890447
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: July 16, 2014
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: John Benson
ISBN: 9781317890447
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: July 16, 2014
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Numerous studies consider the history of childhood, adolescence and old age, yet the middle aged, consistently the most productive and powerful of age groups have been consistently ignored. In this pioneering study John Benson considers how perceptions and experience of middle age have changed, and how its power-base has diminished, affected by the steady ageing of the population the increasing independence of the yound and growing economic insecurity. This thought-provoking study also illuminates the whole economic, social and cultural history of twentieth-century Britain.

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Numerous studies consider the history of childhood, adolescence and old age, yet the middle aged, consistently the most productive and powerful of age groups have been consistently ignored. In this pioneering study John Benson considers how perceptions and experience of middle age have changed, and how its power-base has diminished, affected by the steady ageing of the population the increasing independence of the yound and growing economic insecurity. This thought-provoking study also illuminates the whole economic, social and cultural history of twentieth-century Britain.

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