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Working and Caring over the Twentieth Century

Change and Continuity in Four-Generation Families

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  1. Julia Brannen
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  2. Peter Moss
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  3. Ann Mooney
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Part of the book series: Future of Work (TFW)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Setting the Scene

    • Julia Brannen, Peter Moss, Ann Mooney
    Pages 1-26

  3. Changing Childhoods across Three Generations of Women

    • Julia Brannen, Peter Moss, Ann Mooney
    Pages 27-46

  4. Mothers’ and Fathers’ Work and Care Practices over the Generations

    • Julia Brannen, Peter Moss, Ann Mooney
    Pages 47-75

  5. Motherhood: Intergenerational Transmission and Negotiation

    • Julia Brannen, Peter Moss, Ann Mooney
    Pages 76-114

  6. Timetabling, Talk and Transmission: Fatherhood across the Generations

    • Julia Brannen, Peter Moss, Ann Mooney
    Pages 115-149

  7. Intergenerational Transfers and Cultures of Transmission

    • Julia Brannen, Peter Moss, Ann Mooney
    Pages 150-176

  8. Towards a Typology of Intergenerational Relations: Processes of Reproduction and Innovation

    • Julia Brannen, Peter Moss, Ann Mooney
    Pages 177-201

  9. Concluding Reflections

    • Julia Brannen, Peter Moss, Ann Mooney
    Pages 202-216

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 217-234
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About this book

Increased longevity and better health are changing the nature of family life. In the context of changes in the world of work, increased divorce and a declining welfare state, multi-generation or 'beanpole families' are a potential resource for family support. Focusing on four-generation families and the two central careers of the life course - employment and care - Working and Caring Over the Twentieth Century explores this question. Based upon new research that employed biographical methods, it maps in detail from 1910 to the late 1990s the lives of men and women as great-grandparents, grandparents and parents. The book provides unique insights into processes of change and continuity in family lives and the ways in which different generations of men and women make sense of their lives.

About the authors

JULIA BRANNEN is Professor of Sociology of the Family, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She has researched and written about family lives of parents, children and young people in both Britain and Europe and has a particular interest in the relation between paid work and family life. She has published widely on these topics and is co-founder and co-editor of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology.

PETER MOSS has been a researcher for many years at the Thomas Coram Research Unit and is Professor of Early Childhood Provision at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

ANN MOONEY is a Senior Research Officer at the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the University of London, UK. She has extensive research experience and has undertaken studies on maternal employment, childcare and informal care.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Working and Caring over the Twentieth Century

  • Book Subtitle: Change and Continuity in Four-Generation Families

  • Authors: Julia Brannen, Peter Moss, Ann Mooney

  • Series Title: Future of Work

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230005716

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-2059-1Published: 07 September 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-51481-6Published: 01 January 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-00571-6Published: 06 September 2004

  • Series ISSN: 2947-8766

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-8774

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 234

  • Topics: Human Resource Management, Office Management

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