Ageism /
By: Bytheway, Bill.
Series: Rethinking ageing series.Publisher: Buckingham ; Bristol, PA, USA : Open University Press, 1995Description: xi, 142 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0335191762 :; 9780335191765:; 0335191754 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Ageism | Ageism -- Great Britain | Age discrimination -- Great Britain | Aged -- Services for -- Great Britain | Older people -- Services for -- Great Britain | Age discrimination | Great BritainDDC classification: 305.26 Summary: This text reviews the literature on age prejudice and ageism and sets it in an historical context. A wide range of settings in which ageism is clearly apparent are considered; the author then identifies a series of issues that are basic in determining a theory of ageism.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 305.26 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0032048 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-138) and index.
This text reviews the literature on age prejudice and ageism and sets it in an historical context. A wide range of settings in which ageism is clearly apparent are considered; the author then identifies a series of issues that are basic in determining a theory of ageism.