The Citizen's Wage : The State and the Elderly in Canada, 1900-1951 / James G. Snell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snell, James G., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Government policy--Canada--History--20th century.

Older people.

Older people--Services for--Canada--History--20th century.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 286 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Although we inevitably grow old, the social, cultural, and economic characteristics associated with aging are neither natural nor inevitable. James Snell brings a historian's perspective to the problems of aging and the discourse that surrounds it, a discourse that affects both public policy and the way we think about older people.

Contents:

1. Daily Lives

2. Institutionalizing the Dependent Elderly: The First Old Age Homes

3. The Family and Intergenerational Support

4. Property and the Culture of Entitlement

5. Agency among Old Age Pensioners

6. Organizing Politically: The First Grey Lobby

7. Shifting Policies of Old Age Pensions

8. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7396-0

OCLC:

1102655781