Old and Alone: A Sociological Study of Old People

by Jeremy Tunstall

What is it like to be an isolated old widow, living alone on the bare old-age pension? In the 1960s, the question had become a standard refrain. Originally published in 1966, this was the first full-length study by a sociologist of isolation in old age.

Although the majority of old people were in no sense a problem group at the time, a substantial minority of the elderly were 'alone' in one or more ways. About 1.3 million people aged sixty-five...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032701870
• ISBN13: 9781032701875
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"