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Author Bytheway, Bill, author.

Title Unmasking age : the significance of age for social research / Bill Bytheway
Published Bristol : Policy, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 243 pages) : illustrations
Contents Unmasking Age; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introducing age; 2. Researching age; 3. Age and time; 4. Representations of age; 5. Growing older in an ageing body; 6. Being older; 7. A great age; 8. The ageing population; 9. Gerontologists and older people; 10. Getting real; Postscript; Notes; Appendix; References; Index
Summary 'Unmasking Age' critically examines various methods and discusses ways of uncovering the realities of age
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-238) and index
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Subject Age -- Social aspects
Age -- Social aspects -- Research
Social sciences -- Research.
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
Social sciences -- Research
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
Ã…ldersgrupper -- sociala aspekter.
Äldre -- sociala aspekter.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011410338
ISBN 9781847426192
1847426190
128321265X
9781283212656
9781447306795
1447306791