Old age from Antiquity to post-modernity /
Old age from Antiquity to post-modernity /
edited by Paul Johnson and Patricia Thane.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- 1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) : illustrations
- Routledge studies in cultural history .
- Routledge studies in cultural history. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-240) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Historical readings of old age and ageing; Ageing in antiquity: status and participation; Old age in the high and late Middle Ages: image, expectation and status; Ageing and well-being in early modern England: pension trends and gender preferences under the English Old Poor Law c. 1650 1800; Balancing social and cultural approaches to the history of old age and ageing in Europe: a review and an example from post-Revolutionary France; The ageing of the population: relevant question or obsolete notion?
Featuring both methodological and empirical studies, Old Age represents a substantial contribution to the historical understanding of old age in past societies, as well as to the debate about post-modernism in historical study.
English.
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Old age--History.
Old age--Social aspects.
Older people--History.
Vieillesse--Histoire.
Vieillesse--Aspect social.
Personnes âgées--Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Aging.
Old age.
Old age--Social aspects.
Older people.
Ouderen.
Ouderdom.
Sociale aspecten.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HQ1061 / .O377 1998eb
305.26
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-240) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Historical readings of old age and ageing; Ageing in antiquity: status and participation; Old age in the high and late Middle Ages: image, expectation and status; Ageing and well-being in early modern England: pension trends and gender preferences under the English Old Poor Law c. 1650 1800; Balancing social and cultural approaches to the history of old age and ageing in Europe: a review and an example from post-Revolutionary France; The ageing of the population: relevant question or obsolete notion?
Featuring both methodological and empirical studies, Old Age represents a substantial contribution to the historical understanding of old age in past societies, as well as to the debate about post-modernism in historical study.
English.
0203273559 (electronic bk.) 9780203273555 (electronic bk.) 9780203021026 (electronic bk.) 0203021029 (electronic bk.) 9780415164641 0415164648 1280333197 9781280333194 9786610333196 661033319X 9781134711246 (e-book ; PDF) 1134711247 9781134711192 (e-book ; Mobi) 1134711190 9781134711239 (e-book ; ePub) 1134711239 9781138007093 (paperback) 1138007099 0203208404 Adobe eReader Format 9780203208403
10.4324/9780203021026 doi
MYILIB_CUp
9781134711239 Ingram Content Group
GB9873912 bnb GBB974835 bnb GB98-73912
017500146 Uk
Old age--History.
Old age--Social aspects.
Older people--History.
Vieillesse--Histoire.
Vieillesse--Aspect social.
Personnes âgées--Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Aging.
Old age.
Old age--Social aspects.
Older people.
Ouderen.
Ouderdom.
Sociale aspecten.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HQ1061 / .O377 1998eb
305.26