A long time coming : essays on old age / Melanie Joosten.
A long time coming : essays on old age / Melanie Joosten.
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Publisher
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2016.
Brunswick, Victoria Scribe Publications, 2016.
Date
2016.
Call Numbers
G 2017/4040 , H 2016/2427
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 232 pages ; 21 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2016.
Brunswick, Victoria Scribe Publications, 2016.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2016.
2016.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
A powerful collection of essays exploring what it means to grow old in our youth-obsessed world.To live a long life should be a joy; to be old should not be a burden.With improved health care and higher standards of living, each generation is living longer than the last. Governments see our ageing population as an imminent disaster, and old age as...
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A long time coming : essays on old age / Melanie Joosten.
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Notes
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SOC.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230)
State Reference Library copy at G 2017/4040:Submission for Premier's Literary Award 2017
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2016
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G 2017/4040 , H 2016/2427
Record Identifier
74VKVPyJPr23
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVPyJPr23
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ISBN
9781925321371
DDC
305.26
MMS ID
991023996293202626
