| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge studies in cultural history |
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Routledge studies in cultural history.
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| 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? |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-240) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Old age -- History
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Old age -- Social aspects
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Older people -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging.
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Old age
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Old age -- Social aspects
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Older people
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Ouderen.
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Ouderdom.
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Sociale aspecten.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Johnson, Paul (Paul A.)
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Thane, Pat
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| ISBN |
0203273559 |
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9780203273555 |
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9780203021026 |
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0203021029 |
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9780415164641 |
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0415164648 |
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1280333197 |
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9781280333194 |
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9786610333196 |
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661033319X |
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9781134711246 |
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1134711247 |
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9781134711192 |
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1134711190 |
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9781134711239 |
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1134711239 |
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9781138007093 |
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1138007099 |
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0203208404 |
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9780203208403 |
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