'Their finest hour': Older people, oral histories, and the historical geography of social life

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-177

  Andrews, Gavin J ^a   Kearns, Robin A ^b   Kontos, Pia ^c   Wilson, Viv ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Ageing; Gerontology; Historical geography; Older people; Oral history; Social geography; War

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL HISTORY;

EID: 33645758011     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360600600338     Document Type: Article

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