The Decline of Life - Old Age in Eighteenth Century England

Informationen zum Autor Susannah R. Ottaway is Assistant Professor of History at Carleton College, Minnesota. Klappentext An important study of the history of ageing. Zusammenfassung This is an important 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 and social history. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: old age in eighteenth-century England: no 'golden age of ageing'; 1. Who was 'old' in eighteenth-century England?; 2. The activities of the 'helmsman': self-reliance, work and community expectations of the elderly; 3. 'The comforts of a private fire-side'; 4. Independent but not alone: family ties for the elderly; 5. Community assistance to the aged under the Old Poor Law; 6. Continuity and change in community assistance to the elderly over the eighteenth century; 7. Within workhouse walls: indoor relief for the elderly; Conclusion: old age as a useful category of historical analysis; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Susannah Ottaway, Susannah R. Ottaway
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2004
• EAN: 9780521815802
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81580-2
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Populatio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics