The Decline of Life: Old Age in Eighteenth-Century England

ISBN-13: 9780521037921 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 340 str.

Susannah R. Ottaway

Opis

Susannah Ottaway combines a comprehensive survey of existing literature on the history of ageing with original interpretation and analysis of available data. Using a wide variety of sources (literature, correspondence, poor house and workhouse documents and diaries), Ottaway's account of the experiences of the aged reveals attitudes in eighteenth-century England that shed light on contemporary aging issues by historical comparison.