Peter Willmott, Michael Young

Family and Class in a London Suburb (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1960, the authors of Family and Kinship in East London then made an intensive study of a middle-class dormitory suburb. Here families were more often on their own than in the East End, but, despite the differences between the districts, there were some similarities. The bond between mother and married daughter was almost as strong in the suburb as in the city. Most old people, too, were cared for in both places by their children and other relatives, though the authors show how serious were the special problems of the aged in this suburban setting.

The enquiry examined the influence of social class upon community life. This is reviewed in relation to club and church membership and to friendship patterns, and the behaviour of middle and working-class people to each other is discussed. Class tensions, and their effect on the otherwise friendly and neighbourly atmosphere that the authors found in the suburb, provide the main theme of the final chapters.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000920697
• Artikelnr.: 68267695

Autorenporträt

Peter Willmott and Michael Young

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Profile of a Suburb 2. House-Centred Couples 3. Generations
Apart 4. Are the Parents Deserted? 5. Growing Old Without Children 6.
Mothers and Daughters 7. Class and Family Visiting 8. The Organization of
Sociability 9. The Pattern of Friendship 10. The Tensions of Social Class
11. In Conclusion - Life in a Suburb. Appendices: Methods of Sampling;
Interviewers' Instructions and Interview Schedule; Effects of Social
Mobility; Additional Tables; Tests of Statistical Significance; List of
References. Index.