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Countryside connections: Older people, community and place in rural Britain

Catherine Hennessy, Robin Means, Vanessa Burholt Orcid Logo

Swansea University Author: Vanessa Burholt Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1332/policypress/9781447310303.001.0001

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Older people in the countryside are vastly under-researched compared to those in urban areas. This innovative volume offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on this issue, focusing on older people's role as assets in rural civic society and demonstrating how the use of diverse methods fro...

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ISBN: 9781447310303 9781447310310
Published: Bristol ; Chicago Policy Press 2014
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