The Family Life of Old PeoplePDF电子书下载

List of Tables and Diagrams 9

INTRODUCTORY 11

1．The Study in Outline 13

2．Place and People 21

PART ONE： The Family Life of Old People 31

3．Home and Family 33

4．Living near Relatives 43

5．The Family System of Care 54

6．Man and Wife and the Home Economy 76

7．Sons and Daughters 93

8．Brothers and Sisters 114

9．The Extended Family and the Kinship Network 126

10．Family and Community 139

PART TWO： The Family and the Social Problems of Old Age 155

11．Retirement 157

12．Poverty 175

13．Isolation，Loneliness，and the Hold on Life 188

14．Who Claim State Care？ 206

15．Keeping the Family Together 215

16．Conclusion 227

Postscript 1963：Moving towards a General Theory of Family Structure 235

APPENDIXES 257

1．A Further Note on Method 257

2．Three Interview Reports 263

3．Examples of Diaries Kept by Old People 296

List of References 314

Index 323