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Old Age in Eighteenth-Century England
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The Decline of Life is an ambitious and absorbing study of old age in eighteenth-century England. Drawing on a wealth of sources - literature, correspondence, poor house and workhouse documents and diaries - Susannah Ottaway considers a wide range of experiences and expectations of age in the period, and demonstrates that the central concern of ageing individuals was to continue to live as independently as possible into their last days. Ageing men and women stayed closely connected to their families and communities, in relationships characterized by mutual support and reciprocal obligations. Despite these aspects of continuity, however, older individuals' ability to maintain their autonomy, and the nature of the support available to them once they did fall into necessity declined significantly in the last decades of the century. As a result, old age was increasingly marginalized. Historical demographers, historical gerontologists, sociologists, social historians and women's historians will find this book essential reading.

Author Biography:

Susannah R. Ottaway is Assistant Professor of History at Carleton College.
Release date Australia
July 19th, 2007
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
21 Tables, unspecified
Pages
340
Dimensions
153x229x19
ISBN-13
9780521037921
Product ID
2356644

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