The Decline of Life: Old Age in Eighteenth-Century England (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Decline of Life: Old Age in Eighteenth-Century England (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time) Book

The Decline of Life is an important new study of the history of ageing. Susannah Ottaway combines a comprehensive survey of existing literature on the subject with original interpretation and analysis of available data, using a wide variety of sources--literature, correspondence, poor house and workhouse documents and diaries. She illuminates the condition of the old, their experience, attitudes to them in eighteenth-century England and sheds light on contemporary ageing by historical comparison. Her lively and sophisticated analysis will be of great interest to scholars in British and social history.Read More

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    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.

  • 0521037921
  • 9780521037921
  • Susannah R. Ottaway
  • 19 July 2007
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 340
  • 1
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