Social and cultural constructions of ageing: The case of the baby boomers

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Phillipson, Chris ^a   Leach, Rebecca ^a   Money, Annemarie ^a   Biggs, Simon ^a  

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Author keywords

Baby boomers; Consumption; Demography; Generations; Political change

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749155174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1695     Document Type: Article

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