{"product_id":"9781350033092","title":"Growing Old with the Welfare State Eight British Lives","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGrowing Old with the Welfare State\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEight British Lives\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNick Hubble | Jennie Taylor | Philip Tew\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ Great Britain \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe combined effect of the welfare state and medical advances means that more people now live longer lives than ever before in history. As a consequence, the experience of ageing has been transformed. Yet our cultural and social perceptions of ageing remain governed by increasingly dated images and narratives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrowing Old with the Welfare State\u003c\/i\u003e challenges these stereotypes by bringing together eight previously unpublished stories of ordinary British people born between 1925 and 1945 to show contemporary ageing in a new light. These biographical narratives, six of which were written as part of the Mass Observation Project, reflect on and compare the experience of living in two post-war periods of social change, after the first and second world wars. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn doing so, these stories, along with their accompanying contextual chapters, provide a valuable and accessible resource for social historians, and expose both historical and contemporary views of age and ageing that challenge modern assumptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Hubble\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in English at Brunel University, UK. He has published extensively on contemporary literature and culture and is the author of \u003ci\u003eMass Observation and Everyday Life \u003c\/i\u003e(2010).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennie Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e completed her PhD in History at the University of Sydney, Australia, and worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Brunel University, UK. She has published on Mass Observation and leisure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Tew\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Brunel University, UK. He has published numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eZadie Smith \u003c\/i\u003e(2009), \u003ci\u003eWriters Talk \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), and \u003ci\u003eWell Done God!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSelected Prose and Drama of B. S. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e, (2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 May 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350033092\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332579328140,"sku":"9781350033092","price":32.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_88e3805f-1715-4485-94e2-8064c1438299.jpg?v=1783604204","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350033092","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}