The Family Life of Old People : An Inquiry in East London (Paperback)

Foreword Acknowledgements 1. The Study in Outline 2. Place and People 3. Home and Family 4. Living near Relatives 5. The Family System of Care 6. Man and Wife and the Home Economy 7. Sons and Daughters 8. Brothers and Sisters 9. The Extended Family and the Kinship Network 10. Family and Community 11. Retirement 12. Poverty 13. Isolation, Loneliness and the Hold on Life 14. Who Claim State Care? 15. Keeping the Family Together 16. Conclusion Appendices Index