Working and caring over the twentieth century : change and continuity in four-generation families
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Working and caring over the twentieth century : change and continuity in four-generation families
（The future of work series / editor Peter Nolan）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index
"E・S・R・C, Economic & Social Research Council"
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Description
Increased longevity and better health are changing the nature of family life. In the context of changes in the world of work, increased divorce and a declining welfare state, multi-generation or 'beanpole families' are a potential resource for family support. Focusing on four-generation families and the two central careers of the life course - employment and care - Working and Caring Over the Twentieth Century explores this question. Based upon new research that employed biographical methods, it maps in detail from 1910 to the late 1990s the lives of men and women as great-grandparents, grandparents and parents. The book provides unique insights into processes of change and continuity in family lives and the ways in which different generations of men and women make sense of their lives.
Table of Contents
Setting the Scene Changing Childhoods Across Three Generations of Women Mothers' and Fathers' Work and Care Practices Over the Generations Motherhood: Intergenerational Transmission and Negotiation Timetabling, Talk and Transmission: Fatherhood Across the Generations Intergenerational Transfers and Cultures of Transmission Towards a Typology in Intergenerational Relations: Processes of Reproduction and Innovation Concluding Reflections
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