Old age from Antiquity to post-modernity /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Johnson, Paul (Paul A.), Thane, Pat
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Series:Routledge studies in cultural history.
Subjects:
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.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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