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The decline of life : old age in eighteenth-century England /
This is an important new study of the history of ageing. Ottaway combines a comprehensive survey of existing literature with original interpretation and analysis of available data, using a wide variety of sources. Her lively and sophisticated analysis will be of great interest to scholars in British...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ;
39. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Who was "old" in eighteenth-century England?
- The activities of the "helmsman" : self-reliance, work, and community expectations of the elderly
- "The comforts of a private fire-side"
- Independent but not alone : family ties for the elderly
- Community assistance to the aged under the Old Poor Law
- Continuity and change in community assistance to the elderly over the eighteenth century
- Within workhouse walls : indoor relief for the elderly
- Conclusion : old age as a useful category of historical analysis.